On Mon, Oct 05, 2009 at 01:44:11PM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > Matthew Palmer <mpal...@debian.org> writes: > > > So someone's using a single file as both a library and a stand-alone > > program. Damned silly idea. > > Not so silly; a Python module can be useful both as a main program and > as a re-useable component in other programs. The well-known Python idiom > of testing ???if __name__ == '__main__'??? is commonly used to make a module > that can be used in either way.
It can be done in other languages too; doesn't make it a good idea. - Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
