[issue8515] idle "Run Module" (F5) does not set __file__ variable

[Tal Einat]

Tal Einat <taleinat at users.sourceforge.net> added the comment:

Why doesn't execfile() set __file__? I would be surprised if this is due to an oversight by the Python devs. In both execfile and IDLE's "Run Module" I can't think of a reason not to set __file__, but perhaps this was intentional? Googling a bit hasn't brought up much.

I am currently of the opinion that both IDLE and execfile() should set __file__ (with execfile() perhaps requiring more thinking about edge-cases, since it can be passes locals and globals dictionaries).

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