[Python-ideas] Replacing the if __name__ == "__main__" idiom (was Re: making a module callable)

[Alexander Belopolsky]

On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 9:37 PM, Ron Adam <ron3200 at gmail.com> wrote:

> It could be used within functions. Currently __name__ is masked by the
> function's __name__ attribute if you try that.
>

That's news to me.  It was not so as of 3.3.3:

Python 3.3.3 (default, Nov 25 2013, 15:41:46)
>>> def f():
...     print(__name__)
...
>>> f()
__main__

If anything, it is a magic function relying on _getframe() run-time
introspection that would have a problem working inside functions.
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