I completely agree. Hope something like this is eventually standardized.
Problem is that uv probably does not want to execute anything to find out dependencies, so it would have to be a very restrictive subset of python syntax.
The fact that is is needed at all of course highlights a weakness in the language. The import statements themselves should be able to convey all information about dependencies
UV just implemented PEP 723[1], which is now PyPA Inline Script Metadata[2]. That's no longer provisional, it is standardized already! It's unfortunate that Python didn't have some non-comment way to provide this functionality.
> The fact that is is needed at all of course highlights a weakness in the language. The import statements themselves should be able to convey all information about dependencies
What languages convey the version of the dependencies in a script’s import statements?
Problem is that uv probably does not want to execute anything to find out dependencies, so it would have to be a very restrictive subset of python syntax.
The fact that is is needed at all of course highlights a weakness in the language. The import statements themselves should be able to convey all information about dependencies