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Re: Retrieving the full command line

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On 24/01/2013 16:53, Oscar Benjamin wrote:
>> Does it work if you use the -m option to run a module rather than a script?
> 
> Sorry that was written incorrectly. I meant to say: does it work when
> a module is directly on sys.path rather than as a submodule of a
> package? In this case __package__ is set to the empty string if run
> with -m or None if run with a direct path. So the check needs to be
> "__package__ is not None" rather than "bool(__package__)".

The answer is: it depends. Given the code I outlined earlier:

A package-based module run via -m (python -m package.module) works
as described (including the implicit __main__ module, my
primary use-case).

A module run from the filesystem (python c:\path\to\module.py) works
by dropping through through to the not is_package logic branch.

A module run via -m (python -m module) actually works by accident,
because it too drops through to the not is_package branch and is
rerun with its full filesystem path. This doesn't have the same
problems as running a package from the filesystem because relative
imports aren't an issue. I don't know if there are any other differences
between python -mmodule and python c:\path\to\module.py.

As you say, a more refined check could determine a blank __package__
as opposed to a None __package__. But this code (cherrypy) must also
cope with version of Python before 2.6 which didn't even have a
__package__ attribute, muddying the waters that little bit further.

TJG

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Re: Retrieving the full command line Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2013-01-22 15:07 +0000
  Re: Retrieving the full command line Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-01-22 23:46 +0000
    Re: Retrieving the full command line Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2013-01-23 00:53 +0000
      Re: Retrieving the full command line Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-01-23 03:58 +0000
        Re: Retrieving the full command line Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2013-01-23 09:58 +0000
        Re: Retrieving the full command line Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2013-01-23 10:01 +0000
          Re: Retrieving the full command line Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-01-24 04:49 +0000
            Re: Retrieving the full command line Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-24 16:06 +1100
            Re: Retrieving the full command line Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2013-01-24 10:06 +0000
            Re: Retrieving the full command line Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2013-01-24 10:56 +0000
            Re: Retrieving the full command line Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2013-01-24 11:04 +0000
            Re: Retrieving the full command line Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2013-01-24 11:30 +0000
            Re: Retrieving the full command line Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2013-01-24 13:45 +0000
            Re: Retrieving the full command line Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2013-01-24 15:28 +0000
            Re: Retrieving the full command line Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2013-01-24 15:51 +0000
            Re: Retrieving the full command line Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2013-01-24 16:08 +0000
            Re: Retrieving the full command line Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2013-01-24 16:53 +0000
            Re: Retrieving the full command line Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2013-01-24 17:13 +0000
            Re: Retrieving the full command line Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2013-01-24 20:01 +0000
            Re: Retrieving the full command line Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2013-01-24 20:54 +0000

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