21 Feb
2022
21 Feb
'22
8:33 a.m.
As it seems there's a more appropriate list to take this, I'll just say thanks to all who replied with great information and thoughts and leave at that for now. Eliot On 21.02.22 00:40, Cameron Simpson wrote: > On 21Feb2022 09:12, Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> wrote: >> On Sun, Feb 20, 2022 at 09:56:18AM +0100, Eliot Lear wrote: >>> [...] I wonder if there is a reason why certain functions are not >>> linked to console_scripts. In particular I would think this would be >>> good for >>> json.tool (though I might call it something else, like pyjson_pp). >>> with venv. I'm sure I'm missing something obvious. [...] >> [...] >> 1. Not all functions would be useful as command line tools. >> >> 2. Nobody has done the work to make it possible. >> >> 3. If a Python package already defines a `__main__.py` file in the >> package, you can call it as a CLI tool with `python -m package`. >> So making it a separate CLI tool is redundant. > A fourth reason is that one shouldn't be too profligate with installing > scripts in the command line path. That "space" includes not just Python > tools but every other command you could invoke - as a global namespace > it is easily polluted. > > The previously mentioned "python -m module_name" command line mode > provides precision here, particularly if you adjust the word "python", > without polluting the command line space. > > That said, it isn't always a bad thing to provide a script. I do it > myself. Choosing an name which is (a) expressive and (b) less likely to > conflict with other's choices is important though. > > Cheers, > Cameron Simpson <cs@cskk.id.au> > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-leave@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/HD6TQC22ORI3T6RPWDD7FQIIA57U236E/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >