[Python-ideas] Why is there no way to pass PYTHONPATH on the command line?

[Paul Moore]

On 14 September 2012 23:11, Daniel Holth <dholth at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 6:10 PM, Mike Graham <mikegraham at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 5:24 PM, Daniel Holth <dholth at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Why is there no way to pass PYTHONPATH on the command line? Oversight
>>> or intentional?
>>>
>>> Given path_item/something.py
>>>
>>> python -p path_item -c "import something; something.foo()"
>>>
>>> I am aware that the __main__.py behavior lessens the need for this
>>> significantly.
>>
>> PYTHONPATH=whatever python -c "import something; something.foo()"
>>
>> Mike
>
> Yes, I've heard of that one. Does it work on Windows too?

No. Sadly.

Paul.