From: John Joyce <dangerwillrobinsondanger@...>
Date: 2007-07-07T05:36:48+09:00
Subject: Re: Is there a name for this idiom?


On Jul 6, 2007, at 3:23 PM, James Edward Gray II wrote:

> On Jul 6, 2007, at 3:20 PM, Lyle Johnson wrote:
>
>> When you want to move your program's startup code into a block  
>> like so:
>>
>> 	if __FILE__ == $0
>> 		# initialize and run program here
>> 	end
>>
>> What's that called? Is there a commonly used name for that  
>> "startup" block?
>
> I have referred to such a block of code as the "application code"  
> more than once, but I don't in anyway believe that's a standard  
> name for it.
>
> James Edward Gray II
>
How about "Am I me?" or "Worthless file name?"