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Python needs an actual default function
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Could someone explain this please? I'm still a noob.
Python has a bunch of magic variables, like
__name__
. This one contains the name of the module you're currently in (usually based on the file name), so if your file is calledfoo.py
, it will have the valuefoo
.But that's only if your module is being imported by another module. If it's executed directly (e.g.
python foo.py
), it will instead have a__name__
of__main__
. This is often used to add a standalone CLI section to modules - e.g. the module usually only defines functions that can be imported, but when executed it runs an example of those functions.Really helpful explanation, thanks.