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Also, do y'all call main() in the if block or do you just put the code you want to run in the if block?

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[โ€“] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Alternative: put entry point code in file __main__.py & run the containing package (eg, some_package) as a top-level expression (eg, python -m some_package).

[โ€“] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 4 days ago

TIL. Thanks for that!