[Python-ideas] Just __main__

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Ethan Furman writes:
 > anatoly techtonik wrote:
 > > How about global __main__ as a boolean?

-1

Saves typing, yes, but otherwise there's no point.  It would need just
as much explanation, for one thing.

 > you would have:
 > 
 >    if __main__:
 >      ...

Would it be writable?

__main__ = False

if __main__:
    print("Oh, I didn't want to run these tests anyway...")