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

[Guido van Rossum]

On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Paul Moore <p.f.moore at gmail.com> wrote:

> PS This is assuming that nobody is suggesting breaking "if __name__ ==
> '__main__'". If they are, then that's a whole different debate.
>

My proposal is to define the builtin function as comparing __name__ to
'__main__', so the old idiom will still work. It will just eventually start
looking out of date.

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