From dd611b0070667d13b0e5e0b2805c030eb8d48d20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fred Drake Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 22:31:23 +0000 Subject: A little more text, and some really minor cleanups. --- Doc/lib/libmain.tex | 13 ++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/lib/libmain.tex b/Doc/lib/libmain.tex index 949d2b2..00c7426 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libmain.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libmain.tex @@ -1,9 +1,16 @@ \section{\module{__main__} --- - Top-level script environment.} -\declaremodule[main]{builtin}{__main__} + Top-level script environment} +\declaremodule[main]{builtin}{__main__} \modulesynopsis{The environment where the top-level script is run.} This module represents the (otherwise anonymous) scope in which the interpreter's main program executes --- commands read either from -standard input or from a script file. +standard input, from a script file, or from an interactive prompt. It +is this environment in which the idiomatic ``conditional script'' +stanza causes a script to run: + +\begin{verbatim} +if __name__ == "__main__": + main() +\end{verbatim} -- cgit v0.12