From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2000-08-16T00:08:54-05:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:04472] Re: __name__ == "__main__" equivalent?

Graham Hughes <graham@ccs.ucsb.edu> writes:

> A common Python idiom is to have a file like so:

>   if __name__ == "__main__": main ()
>... 
> Is there an idiomatic way to do this?

A common Ruby idiom is:

     if __FILE__ == $0
       # stuff...
     end

or

     main  if __FILE__ == $0

Regards


Dave