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Re: about if __name == '__main__':

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On 8/28/2011 2:56 PM, woooee wrote:
> Two main routines, __main__ and main(),

'__main__' in not a routine, it is the name of the initial module.

> is not the usual or the common
> way to do it.  It is confusing and anyone looking at the end of the
> program for statements executed when the program is called will find
> an isolated call to main(), and then have to search the program for
> the statements that should have been at the bottom of the program.
> The only reason to use such a technique in Python is if you want to
> call the function if the program is run from the command line, and
> also call the same function if the program is imported from another.
> In which case, use a name that is descriptive, not "main".  And be
> careful of anyone that gives you programming advice.  Research these
> things for yourself.

As far as I know, all the Lib/test/test_xxx.py file have a test_main 
function, so one can write (in IDLE, for instance)
from test.test_xxx import test_main as f; f()
and run that test. Very handy.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy

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about  if __name == '__main__': Amit Jaluf <amitjaluf@gmail.com> - 2011-08-28 08:34 -0700
  Re: about if __name == '__main__': Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-08-28 10:51 -0600
    Re: about if __name == '__main__': woooee <woooee@gmail.com> - 2011-08-28 11:56 -0700
      Re: about if __name == '__main__': Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-08-28 17:35 -0400
      Re: about if __name == '__main__': Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-08-28 17:55 -0600
      Re: about if __name == '__main__': Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2011-08-29 09:59 +1000
    Re: about if __name == '__main__': Amit Jaluf <amitjaluf@gmail.com> - 2011-08-28 20:42 -0700

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