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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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[-] littlewonder@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Dumb person question: if it's good practice to do this so things don't go sideways, shouldn't it be a built-in feature/utility/function/whatever?

[-] jacksilver@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It is "built-in" as the name is part of python. However, Python runs top to bottom, rather than having a special entrypoint. So name is just a utility you can use in your design.

While it can be a good practice to define a main entrypoint, that's more of a design decision and not hard rule. Many applications would not benefit from it because there is only one way to actually call the application to begin with.

Edit: Also not a dumb question. All programming languages have unique elements to them due to how they were envisioned and or developed over time (Pythons 30 years old)

[-] littlewonder@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I really appreciate the explanation!

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