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Re: Putting the main program in a main function

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On Mon, 14 Sep 2015 09:13:47 +0200, ast wrote:

> is it advised to always write programs like that ?

If global (module-scope) variables are initialised by main, then those
variables won't exist unless main() is run, which means that you can't use
it as a module, only as a script.

IMHO, global variables whose initial values can be evaluated without
depending upon or modifying external state should be initialised at the
top level.

If a module has variables which cannot be so initialised, the module needs
to provide an initialisation function which must be called explicitly by
any program or module which imports it.

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Putting the main program in a main function "ast" <nomail@invalid.com> - 2015-09-14 09:13 +0200
  Re: Putting the main program in a main function Nobody <nobody@nowhere.invalid> - 2015-09-14 08:25 +0100
  Re: Putting the main program in a main function Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-09-14 17:32 +1000

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