[Python-ideas] Add __main__ for uuid, random and urandom

[Joao S. O. Bueno]

On 1 April 2016 at 19:47, Mark Lawrence via Python-ideas
<python-ideas at python.org> wrote:
> On 01/04/2016 21:42, Ethan Furman wrote:
>>
>> On 04/01/2016 01:35 PM, Joao S. O. Bueno wrote:
>>
>>> Well...actually, really recently (Tuesday), I did
>>> python3 -c "__import__('calendar').calendar(2016)"
>>
>>
>> Wouldn't have
>>
>>    python3 -c "import calendar; calendar(2016)"
>>
>> been clearer?  and easier to type?  :)
>>
>> --
>> ~Ethan~
>>

It would, but   python3 -c "import calendar; calendar.calendar(2016)"
not so much easier to type.
The reason, however is that I usually think of  "I have the right to
use one single expression when using python -c" and not "a single
line'

>
> My understanding is that this kind of construction does not make you as much
> money when you are a consultant, as opposed to a mere programmer or similar.

Or that   ^   :-)

Anyway - back to the thread - it does not seen a bad idea for me at all.



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