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

[Nick Coghlan]

On 26 Nov 2013 10:00, "Mark Janssen" <dreamingforward at gmail.com> wrote:
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> The only other possibility not mentioned thus far is to have a main.py
> file and force python programs to start from it.

Looking for a __main__.py module (or submodule) is the way directory,
zipfile and package execution work, so this style is already possible today
for anyone that wants or needs it.

Cheers,
Nick.

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