startpoint
pip install startpoint
A simple python module providing a sane alternative to if __name__ == "__main__"
To use, simply declare an entry point like so:
from startpoint import entrypoint
@entrypoint(__name__)
def main():
print("Hello, World!")
In this example, main
will be called only if the file is executed directly, not if imported.
You can also specify a behaviour that will happen when the module is imported:
@entrypoint(__name__, alt=lambda:print("I'm not a library!"))
def main():
You can also declare an entry point that take an argument, in which case sys.argv
will be passed in:
@entrypoint(__name__)
def main(args):