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Re: How about some syntactic sugar for " __name__ == '__main__' "?

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Subject Re: How about some syntactic sugar for " __name__ == '__main__' "?
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On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> wrote:
> Functions have an implicit 'return None' at the end (which, in CPython,
> become an explicit pair of bytecodes, even when the function already ends
> with return something'.  The simplest proposal is that modules have an
> implicit "if __name__ == '__main__': main()" at the end.  I think this would
> not have to be added to the bytecode.
>
> This magical invocation mimics C and some other languages, and I think it
> works well.

Yes, but it conflicts with the existing and common usage of having
that explicitly in the code. Safer - and more in line with the way
other such functions are written - would be a dunder function:

if __name__ == '__main__': __main__()

ChrisA

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How about some syntactic sugar for " __name__ == '__main__' "? John Ladasky <john_ladasky@sbcglobal.net> - 2014-11-12 13:02 -0800
  Re: How about some syntactic sugar for " __name__ == '__main__' "? Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2014-11-12 16:07 -0500
  Re: How about some syntactic sugar for " __name__ == '__main__' "? John Ladasky <john_ladasky@sbcglobal.net> - 2014-11-12 13:17 -0800
  Re: How about some syntactic sugar for " __name__ == '__main__' "? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-11-12 13:19 -0800
  Re: How about some syntactic sugar for " __name__ == '__main__' "? Chris Kaynor <ckaynor@zindagigames.com> - 2014-11-12 13:33 -0800
  Re: How about some syntactic sugar for " __name__ == '__main__' "? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-11-12 23:52 +0200
  Re: How about some syntactic sugar for " __name__ == '__main__' "? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-11-12 14:51 -0700
  Re: How about some syntactic sugar for " __name__ == '__main__' "? Skip Montanaro <skip.montanaro@gmail.com> - 2014-11-12 15:55 -0600
  Re: How about some syntactic sugar for " __name__ == '__main__' "? Chris Kaynor <ckaynor@zindagigames.com> - 2014-11-12 14:09 -0800
    Re: How about some syntactic sugar for " __name__ == '__main__' "? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-11-15 22:09 +1100
      Re: How about some syntactic sugar for " __name__ == '__main__' "? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-11-15 13:54 +0200
      Re: How about some syntactic sugar for " __name__ == '__main__' "? Vito De Tullio <vito.detullio@gmail.com> - 2014-11-16 11:26 +0100
  Re: How about some syntactic sugar for " __name__ == '__main__' "? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-11-12 15:19 -0700
  Re: How about some syntactic sugar for " __name__ == '__main__' "? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-11-12 18:19 -0500
  Re: How about some syntactic sugar for " __name__ == '__main__' "? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-13 10:26 +1100
  Re: How about some syntactic sugar for " __name__ == '__main__' "? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-11-12 19:35 -0500
  Re: How about some syntactic sugar for " __name__ == '__main__' "? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-13 11:54 +1100
  Re: How about some syntactic sugar for " __name__ == '__main__' "? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-11-13 10:32 -0800
  Re: How about some syntactic sugar for " __name__ == '__main__' "? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-11-13 13:33 -0700
  Re: How about some syntactic sugar for " __name__ == '__main__' "? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-11-13 12:43 -0800
  Re: How about some syntactic sugar for " __name__ == '__main__' "? Skip Montanaro <skip.montanaro@gmail.com> - 2014-11-13 14:44 -0600
  Re: How about some syntactic sugar for " __name__ == '__main__' "? Skip Montanaro <skip.montanaro@gmail.com> - 2014-11-13 14:53 -0600
  Re: How about some syntactic sugar for " __name__ == '__main__' "? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-11-13 15:48 -0700
  Re: How about some syntactic sugar for " __name__ == '__main__' "? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-11-13 15:56 -0700
  Re: How about some syntactic sugar for " __name__ == '__main__' "? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-11-15 21:52 +1100
  Re: How about some syntactic sugar for " __name__ == '__main__' "? Vito De Tullio <vito.detullio@gmail.com> - 2014-11-16 11:39 +0100
  Re: How about some syntactic sugar for " __name__ == '__main__' "? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-11-16 10:15 -0700
  Re: How about some syntactic sugar for " __name__ == '__main__' "? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-12-01 15:19 -0800
  Re: How about some syntactic sugar for " __name__ == '__main__' "? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-12-01 16:45 -0800
  Re: How about some syntactic sugar for " __name__ == '__main__' "? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-12-02 12:15 +1100
  Re: How about some syntactic sugar for " __name__ == '__main__' "? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-12-02 02:17 -0800

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