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Author	mariocj89
Recipients	jaraco, mariocj89, ncoghlan, steven.daprano, vstinner
Date	2020-12-16.10:22:24
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> Shouldn't this be discussed on Python-Ideas? I'm pretty sure this is a big enough change that it will need a PEP. Indeed, I wanted to see if there was interest in the feature. That is probably a better place to start. > If you need code run on startup, can't you just put it in the PYTHONSTARTUP file? My understanding is that PYTHONSTARTUP is only for interactive executions. Additionally, it suffers from the same issue as sitecustomize. It is a single file that won't be a real substitute for code execution in pth files.

> Shouldn't this be discussed on Python-Ideas? I'm pretty sure this is a big enough change that it will need a PEP.

Indeed, I wanted to see if there was interest in the feature. That is probably a better place to start.

> If you need code run on startup, can't you just put it in the PYTHONSTARTUP file?

My understanding is that PYTHONSTARTUP is only for interactive executions. Additionally, it suffers from the same issue as sitecustomize. It is a single file that won't be a real substitute for code execution in pth files.

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