An exploration of why Python doesn't require a 'main' function

Re:An exploration of why Python doesn't require a 'main' fun... by xtreak29 on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @12:39PM (#23908337)

There were some optimisations done in https://bugs.python.org/issue26219

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Re:An exploration of why Python doesn't require a 'main' fun... by Cactus2018 on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @01:29PM (#23908844)

What a great patch history. Love this:

>> Would it be OK if we add this to 3.7beta2?

> It's up to the release manager, but personally it feels like you're pushing too hard. Since you've done that frequently in the past I think we should help you by declining your request. 3.8 is right around the corner (on a Python release timescale) and this will give people a nice incentive to upgrade. Subsequent betas exist to stabilize the release, not to put in more new stuff.

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Re:An exploration of why Python doesn't require a 'main' fun... by savanaly on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @02:33PM (#23909474)

What about Guido's

>PS. I like you a lot but there's no way I'm going to "bare" with you. :-)

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Re:An exploration of why Python doesn't require a 'main' fun... by verst on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @05:06PM (#23910998)

Didn't realize this change in 3.8. Curious if anyone has noticed performance improvements upgrading to 3.8.

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