[ansible-project] python Dynamic Inventory won't work: it is interpreted as a .ini file

[Pierre Masci]

Hi,

I'm trying the simplest possible example of a Dynamic Inventory 
<http://docs.ansible.com/developing_inventory.html> but it won't work: my 
hosts.py file gets interpreted as a .ini file:

    $ ansible-playbook -i *hosts.py* play.yml                               
                                                                          
    ERROR: *Invalid ini entry*: sys - need more than 1 value to unpack

Here is the dynamic inventory *hosts.py*:

import sys
import json

if len(sys.argv) == 2 and (sys.argv[1] == '--list'):
    inventory={}
    inventory['local'] = [ '127.0.0.1' ]
    print json.dumps(inventory, indent=4)
elif len(sys.argv) == 3 and (sys.argv[1] == '--host'):
    print '{}'
else:
    print "Usage: %s --list or --host <hostname>" % sys.argv[0]
    sys.exit(1)

I'm pretty sure that it returns what it should. It's a much simpler example 
of the one shown there 
<http://jpmens.net/2013/06/18/adapting-inventory-for-ansible/>.

And the playbook *play.yml* could not be simpler:

- hosts: all
  connection: local
  tasks:
    - name: Can I run this playbook?
      debug: msg="Yes!"

The playbook works when I run it playbook locally with this command:

    $ ansible-playbook -i 127.0.0.1, play.yml 
    [output not copied here - it's all fine]

I am stuck there.
*What am I doing wrong* with my dynamic inventory?
How can I get it to be evaluated as a python file, rather than a .ini file?

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