[issue3441] Regression in "module as a script" command-line option

Nick Coghlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: If I recall correctly (it's been a while), the breakages were tied in with relative imports - probably something like explicit relative imports not working at all, and implicit relative imports appearing to work, but resulting in incorrect modul

[issue3441] Regression in "module as a script" command-line option

Richard Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: I'm afraid it's all a bit opaque to an outsider like me. I've no idea what subtle breakage the feature was causing. I just saw it working quite nicely for me in 2.5 :) ___ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[issue3441] Regression in "module as a script" command-line option

Nick Coghlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: Now, if someone was to provide a 2.7 rfe with associated patch that implements this feature properly, and includes an explanation for why it doesn't subtly break imports the way 2.5 does, that would be a completely different story. But it isn't

[issue3441] Regression in "module as a script" command-line option

Benjamin Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: Please see #2751. -- nosy: +benjamin.peterson resolution: -> duplicate status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _

[issue3441] Regression in "module as a script" command-line option

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[issue3441] Regression in "module as a script" command-line option

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[issue3441] Regression in "module as a script" command-line option

New submission from Richard Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: The Python 2.5 "-m" command-line option allowed execution of a package directly, by invoking the __init__.py module. Python 2.6 no longer allows this. This is a quite unfortunate regression, and I would urge the decision to hobble it to be