Hi, 2016-04-01 19:41 GMT+02:00 Michel Desmoulin <desmoulinmichel@gmail.com>:
I read recently a proposal to allow md5 hashing doing python -m hashlib md5 filename.
I think it's a great idea, and that can extend this kind of API to other parts of Python such as:
python -m random randint 0 10 => print(random.randin(0, 10))
How many times did you need this feature recently? I don't recall having to generate a random number in a range.
python -m random urandom 10 => print(os.urandom(10))
I don't understand the use case. Can you elaborate?
python -m uuid uuid4 => print(uuid.uuid4().hex)
FYI On Linux, you can use "cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid" ;-) I agree that -c is enough here: ./python -c 'import uuid; print(uuid.uuid4())'
python -m uuid uuid3 => print(uuid.uuid3().hex)
I don't know UUID3. It looks like you need more parameters. IMHO these use cases are not popular enough to justify a CLI. hashlib CLI is inspired by existing tools: md5sum, sha1sum, etc. Same rationale for Python tarfile CLI. What are the existing commands which inspired your CLI? Victor