[Python-ideas] start, test, init

[Bruce Leban]

On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:

> > As for the testing case... I'd like for python to have a -t option that
> only sets a global name __test__ to True.  Then that covers most of your
> use cases without adding a whole lot.  Sometimes less is more.
> >
> >    if __test__:
>

I like this idea but the specific proposal means __test__ needs to be
defined in all modules. A simple alternative:

if __name__ == '__test__':


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