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

[Guido van Rossum]

On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 7:08 PM, INADA Naoki <songofacandy at gmail.com> wrote:

> I want to have callable main function to allow script can be executed
> directly or from other function.
>
> def main():
>     <blah>
>
> if is_main():
>     main()
>
> is not shorter than
>
> @mainfunction
> def main():
>     <blah>
>
> But I like:
>
> def __main__():
>     <blah>
>

I had a few other arguments also against the decorator. (Like less magic.
:-)

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--Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)
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