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Python needs an actual default function (lemmy.ml)
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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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[–] namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev 3 points 4 days ago

Is it? I really don't think so. What can you propose that's better? I think if __name__ == __main__ works perfectly fine and can't really think of anything that would be better.

And you don't have to use it either if you don't want to anyway, so no, I don't think it's that much of a hack. Especially when the comic compares C as an example, which makes no sense to me whatsoever.