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

Guido van Rossum wrote:

Haven't followed all of this, but perhaps the simplest thing would be to define a new builtin function that returns True in the namespace of the main module and false everywhere else.

Can someone remind me why there's so much resistance to simply blessing a __main__() function? It would be straightforward and intuitive and in line with what just about every other language does. -- Greg