[Python-ideas] Syntax to import modules before running command from the command line

[Wes Turner]

Could it just check if -c and -m are both set?
That way there'd be no need for -p or -M.

(I have an -m <module> switch in pyline which does exactly this. It makes
copying and pasting less convenient; but does save having to type 'import
module;’ for one liners)

On Friday, January 5, 2018, Steve Barnes <gadgetsteve at live.co.uk> wrote:

> Currently invoking `python -c "some;separated;set of commands;"` will,
> if you need to use any library functions, require one or more import
> somelib; sections in the execution string. This results in rather
> complex "one liners".
>
> On the other hand `python -m somelib` will load somelib and attempt to
> execute its `__main__()` or give an error if there isn't one.
>
> What I would like to suggest is a mechanism to pre-load libraries before
> evaluating the -c option as this would allow the use of code from
> libraries that don't have a `__main__` function, or those that do but it
> doesn't do what you want.
>
> Since -m for module is already taken I would suggest one of:
>     -p for pre-load module
>     -M for load module without attempting to execute `module.__main__()`
> and without defining "__main__" in the load context or
>     -l for library
> with the last two having the advantage of appearing next to -m in the
> --help output.
>
> This would change, (for a trivial example):
>     `python -c"import numpy;print(numpy.pi);"`
> to:
>     `python -M numpy -c"print(numpy.pi);"`
>
>
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