On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 2:32 AM David Mertz <me...@gnosis.cx> wrote: > > On Thu, May 28, 2020, 12:17 PM <jdve...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> The OP is proposing as a possibility: "we could require user to have only >> one if __name__ == '__main__':". In that case, functionality will be >> reduced, won't it? > > > I don't support the proposal. However, I've also never written a script with > multiple 'if __name__ == __main__' lines, and I think if I saw one I'd > complain in code review. > > It's hard for me to imagine how multiple entry point to a script can be a > good thing. >
There aren't multiple entry points, though. There would be multiple blocks of code that are skipped if the module is imported, but executed if it's run as a script. Remember, Python code is NOT declarative. That 'def' statement is an actual executable bit of code. ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/743C6XJ2DYARWCG4VVI62APXRELZKNVR/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
