Development testing without reinstalling egg constantly?

[Peter Otten]

Grant Edwards wrote:

> The projects 'main.py' can't be run directly from the command line,
> since it contains code like this:
> 
>    from . import config
>    from . import __version__
>    __name__ = 'muttdown'
>    
>    [ stuff that does real work ]

Stupid question: isn't the following

>    
>    if __name__ == '__main__':
>        main()

dead code then?

Actually, two stupid questions: what is

>    __name__ = 'muttdown'

supposed to achieve in the first place?