Even better execution of main files.

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/coverage/execfile.py b/coverage/execfile.py
index bcf5bf4f..4820c8e1 100644
--- a/coverage/execfile.py
+++ b/coverage/execfile.py
@@ -1,11 +1,27 @@
 """Execute files of Python code."""
 
-import os, sys
+import imp, os, sys
 
-def run_python_file(filename):
-    mod_globals = {
-        '__name__': '__main__',
-        '__file__': filename,
-    }
+def run_python_file(filename, args):
+    """Run a python source file as if it were the main program on the python
+    command line.
+    
+    `filename` is the path to the file to execute, must be a .py file.
+    `args` is the argument array to present as sys.argv.
+    
+    """
+    # Most code that does this does it in a way that leaves __main__ or __file__
+    # with the wrong values.  Importing the code as __main__ gets all of this
+    # right automatically.
+    #
+    # One difference from python.exe: if I run foo.py from the command line, it
+    # always uses foo.py.  With this code, it might find foo.pyc instead.
+    
+    sys.argv = args
     sys.path[0] = os.path.dirname(filename)
-    execfile(filename, mod_globals)
+
+    try:
+        src = open(filename)
+        imp.load_module('__main__', src, filename, (".py", "r", imp.PY_SOURCE))
+    finally:
+        src.close()