Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> added the comment: Over in https://bugs.python.org/issue33053#msg314192, I came up with `--basepath <dir>` as another possible spelling (`--no-basepath` would then be an option for turning it off.
The main argument *against* that name is that we use "base" to mean something different in the `sys` module: "base_prefix" and "base_exec_prefix" refer to the info for the parent environment when in a virtual environment. Another alternative would be "--mainpath", since what we're really overriding is the default path entry that's normally derived from the location of `__main__`. As an added bonus, we could define "main path" as a glossary entry, rather than having to talk about "sys dot path zero" all the time. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue13475> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
