[Python-Dev] __file__

[Nick Coghlan]

Glenn Linderman wrote:
> But if the technique can work from the command line, it seems the
> same technique could be re-used in the importer.

Not really - we only get away with the fun and games at execution time
because __main__ is a bit special (and always has been). Those tricks
would be a lot harder to pull off for a normal module import (if they
were possible at all - I'm not sure they would be).

Cheers,
Nick.


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