Question

Am I correct in thinking that that Python doesn’t have a direct equivalent for Perl’s __END__?

print "Perl...\n";

__END__
End of code. I can put anything I want here.

One thought that occurred to me was to use a triple-quoted string. Is there a better way to achieve this in Python?

print "Python..."

"""
End of code. I can put anything I want here.
"""

Answer 1

The triple-quote form you suggested will still create a python string, whereas Perl’s parser simply ignores anything after __END__. You can’t write:

"""
I can put anything in here...
Anything!
"""
import os
os.system("rm -rf /")

Comments are more suitable in my opinion.

#__END__
#Whatever I write here will be ignored
#Woohoo !