[Tutor] setup.py "script" vs "console_scripts" Was: if __name__=='main' vs entry points: What to teach new comers?

[Ben Finney]

Thomas Güttler <guettliml at thomas-guettler.de> writes:

> Why are there two ways: "script" vs "console_scripts entry-point"?

Because Distutils implements only ‘scripts’, and that's not capable
enough for what people need so Setuptools implements entry points.

In other words: One of them is in the standard library and does
something; the other is third-party and can do more.

That answers why there are two. But maybe you wanted to ask some
underlying question?

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Ben Finney