-m arg behavior

[niacdoial]

BPO	23610
Nosy	@MojoVampire

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assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2015-03-09.04:36:11.119>
created_at = <Date 2015-03-08.17:25:36.648>
labels = ['interpreter-core', 'invalid', 'type-bug', 'library']
title = '-m arg behavior'
updated_at = <Date 2015-03-09.04:36:11.119>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/niacdoial'

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closed_date = <Date 2015-03-09.04:36:11.119>
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components = ['Interpreter Core', 'Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2015-03-08.17:25:36.648>
creator = 'niacdoial'
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issue_num = 23610
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message_count = 2.0
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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'not a bug'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
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type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue23610'
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[niacdoial]

hello!

trying the solutions proposed by the 23546'th issue, i found that the -m argument, for packages (like tkinter, or idlelib; not io or socket), trys to find the "__main__" file, not the "__init__" file, which is the main file of any package.

is that a problem?

thank you for reading this, and have a nice day/evening!

[MojoVampire]

This is intentional and documented behavior: https://docs.python.org/3/library/__main__.html