Re: [Python-ideas] Replacing the if __name__ == "__main__" idiom (was Re: making a module callable)

On 11/24/2013 10:14 PM, Ron Adam wrote:

Regarding the is_main()... seems like it should take an argument. Most is_something() functions do. Is there a way to make something like the following work?

def is_main(name=None): if name == None: name = get_attr_from_caller() # dynamic lookup return (name == "__main__")

This should have been... def is_main(name=None): if name == None: name = get_attr_from_caller("__name__") # dynamic lookup return (name == "__main__") -Ron