From: martindemello@... (Martin DeMello)
Date: 2003-05-20T00:54:41+09:00
Subject: Re: RCR: $INCLUDED global var

dblack@superlink.net wrote in message news:<Pine.LNX.4.44.0305170101001.2373-100000@candle.superlink.net>...
> On Sat, 17 May 2003, Martin DeMello wrote:
> > Actually, I like MAIN - it has a lot of precedent.
> 
> Precedent, baggage, whatever :-)  My problem with MAIN is that it's not
> a good fit, in the sense that usually what gets put at the bottom is
> test code, typically in files that really aren't designed to be run by
> themselves.  So the closest equivalent to "main" is probably in
> another file (i.e., one that 'require's this file).

Good point. I don't like TEST or DEMO because they're too restrictive.
How about LOCAL? That even sounds like a scoping directive, which is
effectively what it is.

class MyLib
..
..
..
end

LOCAL {
  test code
}

martin