On 2017-06-29, Peter Otten <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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?
At appears so.
> Actually, two stupid questions: what is
>
>> __name__ = 'muttdown'
>
> supposed to achieve in the first place?
I don't know.
This is somebody else's project I'm hacking on, and my understanding
of setup tools is pretty much at the "cargo cult" level.
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