-m does not find dotted modules

[mewf]

BPO	1241619
Nosy	@rhettinger

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closed_at = <Date 2005-07-20.17:54:26.000>
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labels = ['interpreter-core', 'type-feature']
title = '-m does not find dotted modules'
updated_at = <Date 2005-07-20.17:54:26.000>
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type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue1241619'
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[mewf]

-m does not appear to find modules that are referenced
to with dots on windows:

D:\Python24\Lib\site-packages>python -m found
python: module found not found

D:\Python24\Lib\site-packages>echo print 'found!' >
found.py

D:\Python24\Lib\site-packages>python -m found
found!

D:\Python24\Lib\site-packages>mkdir directory

D:\Python24\Lib\site-packages>move found.py directory

D:\Python24\Lib\site-packages>del found.pyc
Could Not Find D:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\found.pyc

D:\Python24\Lib\site-packages>python -m found
python: module found not found

D:\Python24\Lib\site-packages>python -m directory.found
python: module directory.found not found

D:\Python24\Lib\site-packages>python directory\found.py
found!

D:\Python24\Lib\site-packages>

This should use the standard python finding mechanism
to cope with dotted packages. Also with package\init.py

[rhettinger]

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The initial implementation of -m was intentionally confined
to the simplest case. The issues pertaining to packages are
dealt with through the PEP process:
http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0338.html