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diff --git a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst index d1822fb..4807a36 100644 --- a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst +++ b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst @@ -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:: - |