On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 08:10:44AM -0400, André Roberge wrote:
> > What if you import the `__main__` module? What does `__imported__` say
> > now, and how do you check for "running as a script" if `__main__` has
> > imported itself -- or some other module has imported it?
> >
>
> Running a module (no matter what its name is) from a command line would set
> __imported__ to False for that module.
> Using import some_module (or __import__("some_module")) would set
> some_module.__imported__ to True.
Do you understand that a module can be both run and imported at the
same time?
# example.py
import __main__
print(__main__.__file__)
If you save that snippet as "example.py", and then run it:
python3 example.py
you have an example of a module that is being run and imported
simultaneously.
--
Steve
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