From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2003-05-16T04:17:58+09:00
Subject: Re: RCR: $INCLUDED global var

Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In message "RCR: $INCLUDED global var"
>     on 03/05/16, Martin DeMello <martindemello@yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> |$INCLUDED = (__FILE__ != $0)
> |
> |Just because "if !$INCLUDED" would read so much better than "if
> |__FILE__ == $0"
> 
> But a global variable is still ugly for something new.  I like the
> idea of having alternative condition.  But it should appear nicer,
> I think.

What about

   MAIN {
     # ...
   }

It's sorta analogous with BEGIN and END.