From: Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:19:05 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: #7794: describe 3.1 support for executing directories and zip archives
X-Git-Tag: v3.1.2rc1~67
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=19219b41e84f636b4d5c3f19eac19db9302e7956;p=python

#7794: describe 3.1 support for executing directories and zip archives
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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.1.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.1.rst
index 2179bf7f6f..b4f95a7c86 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.1.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.1.rst
@@ -141,6 +141,12 @@ Other Language Changes
 
 Some smaller changes made to the core Python language are:
 
+* Directories and zip archives containing a :file:`__main__.py`
+  file can now be executed directly by passing their name to the
+  interpreter. The directory/zipfile is automatically inserted as the
+  first entry in sys.path.  (Suggestion and initial patch by Andy Chu;
+  revised patch by Phillip J. Eby and Nick Coghlan; :issue:`1739468`.)
+
 * The :func:`int` type gained a ``bit_length`` method that returns the
   number of bits necessary to represent its argument in binary::