import foo vs. python -m foo

[Simon Bierbaum]

Hi all,

what is the difference between saying "import foo" in an interactive
prompt and starting one using "python -m foo"? The -m switch is not
covered in the man page, is it even officially supported? I'm asking
because one of my modules fails on import in the second version but
succeeds in the first.

Thanks, Simon

[Hrvoje Niksic]

Re: import foo vs. python -m foo

Simon Bierbaum <bierbaum@vierf alt.comwrites:

Hi all,
>
what is the difference between saying "import foo" in an interactive
prompt and starting one using "python -m foo"? The -m switch is not
covered in the man page, is it even officially supported?

My copy of the man page states:

-m module-name
Searches sys.path for the named module and runs the corresponding
.py file as a script.

I'm asking because one of my modules fails on import in the second
version but succeeds in the first.

It probably contains buggy code inside "if __name__ == '__main__': ...".

[Asun Friere]

Re: import foo vs. python -m foo

On Oct 29, 7:35 am, Hrvoje Niksic <hnik...@xemacs .orgwrote:

It probably contains buggy code inside "if __name__ == '__main__': ...".

Or the code contains a run-time error?