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authorR David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com>2014-02-02 17:19:57 (GMT)
committerR David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com>2014-02-02 17:19:57 (GMT)
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whatsnew: -m <namespace package>, plus 'using' doc updates.
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@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ source.
the implementation may not always enforce this (e.g. it may allow you to
use a name that includes a hyphen).
- Package names are also permitted. When a package name is supplied instead
+ Package names (including namespace packages) are also permitted. When a
+ package name is supplied instead
of a normal module, the interpreter will execute ``<pkg>.__main__`` as
the main module. This behaviour is deliberately similar to the handling
of directories and zipfiles that are passed to the interpreter as the
@@ -115,6 +116,9 @@ source.
.. versionchanged:: 3.1
Supply the package name to run a ``__main__`` submodule.
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.4
+ namespace packages are also supported
+
.. describe:: -