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Python needs an actual default function
(lemmy.ml)
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?
Python doesn't need the name main check to function at all. that's just a convenience feature that lets developers also include arbitrary entry points into modules that are part of a library and expected to be used as such. If you're writing a script, a file with a single line in it reading
print("hello world")will work fine when run:python thescript.pyYes, because
Note the "I have the flow of execution", and the "if I want to build a library".
If you just want to build an executable, do as you wish, you already have the flow of execution.
If you want to build a library, make the relevant classes and functions and get out of the way (i.e., no IO, no long-running tasks).
If you want to combine them, use the main name check - or, make a package and do entry points that way. Either way works, because both can fulfill the goal of staying out of the way of those importing this as a library.