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Also, do y'all call main() in the if block or do you just put the code you want to run in the if block?

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[-] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 days ago

Idk, I guess I should ask why python needs a default function? If I'm running it as a script with commandline invocation I just copy and paste the if main namespace thing from stack overflow and it works as I intended. It also works if I invoke via python my_script.py $args, so I don't really see why I should philosophically care about how other languages that I'm not using do it.

[-] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago

Because if another consumer imports it you don't want it running the main method

[-] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago

I can import my_script2.py into my_script.py it doesn't run the main method unless I specifically invoke my_script2.main() though.

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