[issue39774] Missing documentation on how to make package executable as script

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[issue39774] Missing documentation on how to make package executable as script

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[issue39774] Missing documentation on how to make package executable as script

Steven D'Aprano added the comment: You're right that it's hard to find any documentation on package `__main__.py` files. There's nothing here that I can see: https://docs.python.org/3/reference/import.html#packages Aside from the tutorial, the only other place I can find it referenced is a

[issue39774] Missing documentation on how to make package executable as script

New submission from igo95862 : This is package documentation: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/modules.html#packages To make package executable (python -m package) you need to create a file __main__.py in the package directory. This is pretty much not documented anyone aside of trying t