[Tutor] How does it function

[Steve Nelson]

On 3/30/06, Terry Carroll <carroll at tjc.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 29 Mar 2006, Steve Nelson wrote:
>
> > Simple answer - any python program you write is effectively a
> > 'module'.  Modules have an attribute __name__.  If you've imported the
> > module from elsewhere, the __name__ is set to the name of the module,
> > otherwise it is __name__.
>
> I don't mean to nitpick, but I see Steve had a small but crucial slip
> here.  I think he means, " If you've imported the module from elsewhere,
> the __name__ is set to the name of the module, otherwise it is "__main__".

Yes absolutely - well spotted, and sorry for the typo.

S.