[Distutils] entry points

[Barry Warsaw]

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Just a quick question as I'm starting to play with this feature.

Why do entry point values use a colon to separate the module from the  
callable?  Couldn't you just as easily use a "normal" Python dotted  
path, the last component of which would of course be the callable?

E.g. instead of

setup(
     # ...
     entry_points = {'blogtool.parsers': '.rst = some_module:SomeClass'}
)

use

setup(
     # ...
     entry_points = {'blogtool.parsers': '.rst = some_module.SomeClass'}
)

That would seem a bit more Pythonic.

Cheers,
- -Barry

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