Re:An exploration of why Python doesn't require a 'main' fun...
by jimbob45 on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @12:29PM
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I understand that what you have is a complete program but every new Pythonist is going to next read the documentation that says, “Having a main method is a really good idea” and go try to implement one. Sure, in 1% of cases, you’ll need the granular control over how main is called but since when do languages cater to the 1%?
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Re:An exploration of why Python doesn't require a 'main' fun...
by mcintyre1994 on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @12:56PM
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Can't you just put code in `def main` and then have `main()` at the top-level if you don't need to worry about imports? It seems like you can probably get pretty far as a beginner before you need to worry about being able to both import and run the same file.