On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 6:04 PM Eryk Sun <eryk...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2/24/20, jdve...@gmail.com <jdve...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I try to use along with -m (`python -I -m a.b`) and get this error: > "python: > > Error while finding module specification for 'a.b' (ModuleNotFoundError: > No > > module named 'a')". > > This is a use case for -m that requires adding the working directory > to sys.path. I work in virtual environments, and I don't navigate into > a package and execute modules. The target package is always either in > the standard library or installed in site-packages, and the module is > executed from the top level. So for me adding the working directory is > a feature I never need, and I completely forgot about why anyone would > want it. >
Having the working directory added when using the -m flag is something I use in quite a few of my project. See https://aroberge.github.io/friendly-traceback-docs/docs/html/usage.html for example (example usages 3 to 6 rely on this). > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/RAZRNATFDLGS3MIAIEXXLKQTD447UK3P/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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