On 14/06/2011 23:28, Eric Snow wrote:
[snip]
With modules I sometimes have code at the beginning to do some small
task if a certain condition is met, and otherwise execute the rest of
the module body.  Here's my main use case:

   """some module"""

   import sys
   import importlib
   import util  # some utility module somewhere...

   if __name__ == "__main__":
       name = util.get_module_name(sys.modules[__name__])
       module = importlib.import_module(name)
       sys.modules[__name__] = module
   else:
       # do my normal stuff at 1 indentation level

I would rather have something like this:

   """some module"""

   import sys
   import importlib
   import util  # some utility module somewhere...

   if __name__ == "__main__":
       name = util.get_module_name(sys.modules[__name__])
       module = importlib.import_module(name)
       sys.modules[__name__] = module
       break

   # do my normal stuff at 0 indentation level

So, any thoughts?  Thanks.

To me, the obvious choice would be "return", not "break".
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