def run_python_module(modulename, args):
    openfile = None
    glo, loc = globals(), locals()
    try:
        try:
            # Search for the module - inside its parent package, if any - using
            # standard import mechanics.
            if '.' in modulename:
                packagename, name = rsplit1(modulename, '.')
                package = __import__(packagename, glo, loc, ['__path__'])
                searchpath = package.__path__
            else:
                packagename, name = None, modulename
                searchpath = None  # "top-level search" in imp.find_module()
            openfile, pathname, _ = imp.find_module(name, searchpath)

            # Complain if this is a magic non-file module.
            if openfile is None and pathname is None:
                raise NoSource(
                    "module does not live in a file: %r" % modulename
                    )

            # If `modulename` is actually a package, not a mere module, then we
            # pretend to be Python 2.7 and try running its __main__.py script.
            if openfile is None:
                packagename = modulename
                name = '__main__'
                package = __import__(packagename, glo, loc, ['__path__'])
                searchpath = package.__path__
                openfile, pathname, _ = imp.find_module(name, searchpath)
        except ImportError:
            _, err, _ = sys.exc_info()
            raise NoSource(str(err))
    finally:
        if openfile:
            openfile.close()

    # Finally, hand the file off to run_python_file for execution.
    args[0] = pathname
    run_python_file(pathname, args, package=packagename)
Run a python module, as though with ``python -m name args...``.
dataset/ETHPy150Open nedbat/byterun/byterun/execfile.py/run_python_module