if (__name__ == '__main__'): main(sys.argv[1:])

[Erik Heneryd]

Eli Stevens (WG.c) wrote:
> I have a question about proper Python style when it comes to having a main
> function in a module.  I'm fairly new to Python - a few months of
> very-part-time tinkering (lots'o'Java at work, shrug); my apologies if this
> has been hashed out before.  Random Googling didn't enlighten me, so instead
> I'll ask here.  :)
> 

Guido wrote an article on the subject: 
http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=4829


Erik Heneryd