Gabriel Genellina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
a) See if the __main__ module has a __file__ attribute.
b) See if sys.stdin is a real tty
c) See if sys.argv[0] != ''
(Although this works for the command line interactive shell, I've a
suspicion it will fail with IDLE. But I don't have IDLE to hand to
Hi all,
Is there any standard way to tell if the user is running from a module
or from an interactive shell like IDLE or IPython? The best I've come
up with so far is for a function to look at
getouterframes(currentframe())[1][1] (the filename in the frame record
of the frame that called the
Conventionally, you use:
if __name__ == '__main__':
# do something as a script
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On Feb 14, 7:21 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
Is there any standard way to tell if the user is running from a module
or from an interactive shell like IDLE or IPython? The best I've come
up with so far is for a function to look at
getouterframes(currentframe())[1][1] (the filename in
Check to see what the value of '__name__' is, for example:
if __name__ == '__main__':
execute_interactive_code()
else:
I_am_just_a_lowly_module()
The value of __name__ will correspond to the name of your module:
$ cat a.py
print __name__
$
$ python
Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Oct 30 2007,
Thanks for the replies, but it's not what I meant. What I want to be
able to determine is whether or not the user is running from an
interactive shell (like IPython or IDLE). Checking if
__name__=='__main__' checks if the current module is the one being
run, but suppose you have two modules A and
En Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:09:10 -0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
escribió:
Thanks for the replies, but it's not what I meant. What I want to be
able to determine is whether or not the user is running from an
interactive shell (like IPython or IDLE). Checking if
__name__=='__main__' checks if the
On Feb 14, 11:06 pm, Gabriel Genellina [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
It depends on what you mean by an interactive shell? If you start your
script with:
python -i whatever.py
is it an interactive shell or not?
I tried these two criteria:
a) See if the __main__ module has a __file__ attribute.
