[Python-Dev] Add a -z interpreter flag to execute a zip file

[Jim Jewett]

On 7/14/07, Andy C <andychup at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/13/07, Jim Jewett <jimjjewett at gmail.com> wrote:

> > > while I think it would be a bad practice to
> > > import __main__,

> > I have seen it recommended as the right place to store global
> > (cross-module) settings.

> Where?  People use __main__.py now?

No; they don't use a file.  It is treated as a strictly dynamic
scratchpad, and they do things like

    import __main__
    __main__.DEBUGLEVEL=5
    if __main__.myvar: ...

-jJ