What is the scope of if __name__ == __main__? Is everything covered by this statement in global space ?
What is the scope of if __name__ == __main__ ? Is everything covered by
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What is the scope of if __name__ == __main__? Is everything covered by this statement in global space ?
There is nothing special about
if __name__ == '__main__'block whatsoever. That is to say, its scope is determined by the place it occurs. Since such blocks typically occur at top-level, their scope is global.If this block were to occur in a function, which is perfectly legal, its scope would be local—except that
__name__would still resolve to the global value defined in the module.