No, the first example is expected,
BUT the middle two work
HENCE the last should NOT have a problem either...
No?
Because the middle two work,
so should the last complete without any errors.
There were no code changes,
Therefore the problem is with python

On Wed, 3 Apr 2019, 23:42 Ronald Oussoren <report@bugs.python.org> wrote:

>
> Ronald Oussoren <ronaldoussoren@mac.com> added the comment:
>
> This is not a bug:
>
> * "python -m NAME" runs module (or package) NAME as a script, NAME should
> therefore be a module name and not a filename (and hence not have a .py
> suffix)
>
> * "python NAME" runs a script in file NAME and should therefore by a
> complete file name, including a suffix when the file name has a suffix.
>
> In your examples "python -m vixsd.py" and "python vixsd" correctly raise
> an error.
>
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> nosy: +ronaldoussoren
> resolution:  -> not a bug
> stage:  -> resolved
> status: open -> closed
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