[Zope-Coders] Re: [Zope-Checkins] CVS: Zope/lib/python/DateTime/tests -testDateTime.py:1.12.6.3

[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]

Andreas Jung writes:
 > Is there a reason why __file__ can not be set automatically by
 > Python ?

Traditionally, it has not.  Sometimes, it isn't possible.  For
instance, when source code is loaded from standard input:

    cat source.py | python

or when embedding source on the command line:

    python -c 'print 42'

For those times when it *is* possible, I think Python should do so,
and Guido has expressed non-hostility toward the idea.  I'll try to
have this in Python 2.3; I've assigned this feature to myself in
Python's issue tracker on SourceForge:

    http://www.python.org/sf/624729

So there's hope yet!


  -Fred

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Fred L. Drake, Jr.  <fdrake at acm.org>
PythonLabs at Zope Corporation