Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.001 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'ideally': 0.04; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'interpreter.': 0.07; 'anymore.': 0.09; 'badly': 0.09; 'exec': 0.09; 'occasionally': 0.09; 'subject:script': 0.09; 'worse': 0.09; 'yeah,': 0.09; 'cc:addr :python-list': 0.11; 'python': 0.11; 'wrote': 0.14; "wouldn't": 0.14; 'eat': 0.16; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'imports': 0.16; 'subject:top': 0.16; 'thought.': 0.16; ':-)': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'wed,': 0.18; 'else,': 0.19; 'thu,': 0.19; 'help.': 0.21; 'import': 0.22; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'skip': 0.24; 'file.': 0.24; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'source': 0.25; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'point': 0.28; 'chris': 0.29; 'am,': 0.29; "doesn't": 0.30; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'that.': 0.31; '13,': 0.31; 'disabled': 0.31; 'stuff': 0.32; 'entirely': 0.33; 'subject:the': 0.34; "can't": 0.35; 'something': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'possible': 0.36; 'nov': 0.38; 'handle': 0.38; 'files': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'anything': 0.39; 'expect': 0.39; 'does': 0.39; '12,': 0.39; 'catch': 0.60; 'first': 0.61; 'back': 0.62; 'kind': 0.63; 'choose': 0.64; 'grab': 0.64; 'details': 0.65; 'life': 0.66; 'believe': 0.68; 'to:none': 0.92 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:cc :content-type; bh=9/4J5IO1Tpi6h9XITO9u156pZVe+y+PmiE4ppDQHToI=; b=eEP0q0JmZ0KKNt/YNOhqfb4b1X4BJ51bQfjtCDJB2WGlxOmOhBfsmryB5k+4HicRBU 2QanST/g69gCZ67ph2cEFrPI0CdXlNCnbogne+eFZJOYEFfttZFGiRwHwfYuDtEng8ZV zfYMio5JZJvW0hVeT+4SDGn9hFRtVpBAbsCRGLZconbC+oJ0HJcortVJp8z6lLs1HErk dPkMdxYCYZZUTSzf1T6YIF4xyfJkHT0U7cYOnPpowaOkeBsny3Hweq4dKjtV/Fkc+I9P B1f0Vi4ErRTH8peEBEY5fZKViylf2Gk/yy81VNC0gn8mUXJpfUAG9KlPE98iPS1IYOhI gNbw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.107.18.151 with SMTP id 23mr42377403ios.27.1415815958045; Wed, 12 Nov 2014 10:12:38 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 05:12:37 +1100 Subject: Re: __missing__ for the top-level Python script From: Chris Angelico Cc: "python-list@python.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 25 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1415815966 news.xs4all.nl 2926 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:60548 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:80618 On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 5:09 AM, Skip Montanaro wrote: > On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 12:49 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: >> Interesting data point there - that you actually have it handy and >> choose not to use it. > > And, I believe I wrote it. Can't have a worse recommendation than > that. A cook who doesn't eat his own cooking. :-) I think I disabled > its import sometime in the distant past when it interacted badly with > something else, but for the life of me, I can't remember the details > anymore. It doesn't ideally handle loops, as it'll go back to the top of the loop - that was my first thought. As it has to go and exec stuff all over again, it's entirely possible it'll have other issues. > I will occasionally paste functions from Python source files into the > interactive interpreter. This autoload functionality can be kind of > handy there so you don't have to go back and also grab the imports > from the top of the source file. Yeah, that does help. Of course, it can't handle a from import, but I wouldn't expect anything to catch those. ChrisA