Commit 865d23d1 authored by R David Murray's avatar R David Murray

Merge: #15104: add backtick code markup.

parents 4d8eee97 fe0e1082
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.. module:: __main__ .. module:: __main__
:synopsis: The environment where the top-level script is run. :synopsis: The environment where the top-level script is run.
'__main__' is the name of the scope in which top-level code executes. ``'__main__'`` is the name of the scope in which top-level code executes.
A module's __name__ is set equal to '__main__' when read from A module's __name__ is set equal to ``'__main__'`` when read from
standard input, a script, or from an interactive prompt. standard input, a script, or from an interactive prompt.
A module can discover whether or not it is running in the main scope by A module can discover whether or not it is running in the main scope by
checking its own __name__, which allows a common idiom for conditionally checking its own ``__name__``, which allows a common idiom for conditionally
executing code in a module when it is run as a script or with `python executing code in a module when it is run as a script or with ``python
-m` but not when it is imported: -m`` but not when it is imported:
if __name__ == "__main__": if __name__ == "__main__":
# execute only if run as a script # execute only if run as a script
main() main()
For a package, the same effect can be achieved by including a For a package, the same effect can be achieved by including a
__main__.py module, the contents of which will be executed when the ``__main__.py`` module, the contents of which will be executed when the
module is run with -m. module is run with ``-m``.
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