That's effectively every module I write. I don't think that's uncommon or bad practice.
On Sat, Oct 2, 2021, 12:05 AM Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Oct 2, 2021 at 2:01 PM Jonathan Crall <erote...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > @Steven D'Aprano Yes my original post is somewhat pithy and has some > harsh words for decorators. Like many I have some opinions about code. > Don't take them too seriously if they disagree with your experience, but I > do hold my opinions for reasons, and I will explain some of them, but I > don't want to derail my first python ideas proposal that has gotten some > semblance of a positive reception. > > > > So I will quickly explain my terse statements in a more professional > manner. And I will note again, these are opinions. > > > > * Avoid global variables, they make state difficult to reason about. > Plenty of opinions have been written about this. > > > > * Code runs faster when it's in a function then when it is in a global > scope. I don't have the reference on hand, but I can get it if anyone's > interested. Python is a scripting language, but it's used heavily in > production, It's nice if the efficient way of doing something is natural, > intuitive, and easy. > > > > It's true that it's just a two-line pattern, and not all simplifications > of two line patterns make it into the python standard. But this is an > extremely common two line pattern. One that's often written less > efficiently than it could be. If you already wrote the if statement for > name, a new programmer is not incentivized to write a separate main > function and then call it, it would be simpler if there was some construct > that just declared this is the main function, and then the code inside the > function is executed. > > > > But it's ONLY necessary when a single Python file is used as both a > script and a module. Bear that in mind. > > 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/B3RDNS6HB5UIPIGE5E2DEWL5JPC63W24/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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