[Tutor] getattr()

[Kent Johnson]

Tony Cappellini wrote:
> From: Kent Johnson <kent37 at tds.net>
>
>   
>>> or you can import __main__, which is the top-level module
> Do you mean __main__ is the top level module for every python
> program/script?
>   
Yes, at least in the standard Python runtime, I'm not sure what happens 
when running in IDLE, for example.
> Where did you read about this?
Not sure, but this is what makes the test for __name__ == '__main__' 
work, and importing __main__ comes up occasionally on comp.lang.python. 
Also see
http://docs.python.org/ref/naming.html#l2h-320

Kent

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