Calling functions before that are def'ed

[Daniel Dittmar]

Charles Larry wrote:
> Is there a way to define functions after the main part of a Python
> script?
> 
> Example:
> 
> #!/usr/local/bin/python
> 
> # this code yields a NameError
> 
> print_message("hello world")
> 
> def print_message(msg):
>     print msg

#!/usr/local/bin/python

def main ():
     print_message("hello world")

def print_message(msg):
     print msg

if __name__ == "__main__":
     main ()

def statements are really executable statements and not declarations, so 
the order is important.

Daniel