break in a module

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On 14/06/2011 23:28, Eric Snow wrote:
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> 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".