[Python-ideas] Just __main__

Ethan Furman ethan at stoneleaf.us
Mon Jun 18 18:17:05 CEST 2012


anatoly techtonik wrote:
> How about global __main__ as a boolean?
> 
> __name__ == '__main__' as a mark of entrypoint module is coherent and
> logical, but awkward to type and requires explicit explaination for
> newcomers even with prior background in other langauges.

So instead of:

   if __name__ == '__main__':
     ...

you would have:

   if __main__:
     ...

?

~Ethan~



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