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application_start_module interferes with gleam run -m command

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#4,771 opened on Jul 11, 2025

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Description

When application_start_module is configured in gleam.toml, running a specific module using gleam run -m <module> causes the application start module to interfere.

See discord discussion https://discord.com/channels/768594524158427167/1392886040385032245

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Research direction
Investigate the interaction between the application start module configuration and the gleam run m command. Trace the command line argument parsing and the run module execution path in the compiler.
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rust
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cli
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