r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ItsPuspendu • 2d ago

Meme pythonFeelsillegal

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u/belabacsijolvan 2d ago

theres main() in python

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u/Candid_Highlight_116 2d ago

there's main() in python ONLY IF YOU WANT THERE TO BE.

the way you want it to be is as follows:

import foo
from baz import bar

do_stupid_stuff()

def main():
print("I am not kidding")

if ___name___ == '___main___':
main()

if ____name____ wasn't ____main___ then your script knows oh I'm not __main__, uh might as well uh evaluate the true path of this if clause I guess, else whatever. This is very robust and safe way to define the entrypoint.

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u/wizardeverybit 2d ago

Indenting is important in Python

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u/Candid_Highlight_116 2d ago

I fought and gave up Reddit markdown, should have used spaces after newline not quote sorry

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u/frogjg2003 2d ago

4 spaces for code blocks. > is for quotes. 

This is a code block
    With indentation