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Locked-chess-official

opened on Feb 20, 2026

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Feature or enhancement

Proposal:

Now python has suggested the possible module name when ModuleNotFoundError raised. This issue is trying to make it also enable in "python -m module". The effect is like:

❯ python -m randon
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.14/bin/python3: No module named 'randon'. Did you mean: 'random'?

Changing "runpy.py" can make it.

Has this already been discussed elsewhere?

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• gh-145031: suggest the module in "python -m module" #145096

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1. Locked-chess-official

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   on Feb 20, 2026
2. StanFromIreland

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3. sharktide commented on Feb 20, 2026

   

   sharktide

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   If no other information is given (eg. someone just types python -m module, how can we reliably determine the module they are looking for? Or do we just print out all the modules to stdout
4. Locked-chess-official commented on Feb 20, 2026

   

   Locked-chess-official

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   If no other information is given (eg. someone just types python -m module, how can we reliably determine the module they are looking for? Or do we just print out all the modules to stdout

   There is no needed to do that. Just using the way like #142512. Only one possible module will be printed in stderr.
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