Also, do y'all call main() in the if block or do you just put the code you want to run in the if block?
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What kind of psychopath would put the code in the if block.
Looks at all the Python scripts in my bin folder that I wrote.
Never heard of
?
What is the point of this?
Not having tons of code in one if statement, but in a function.
And scope. Variables declared in the if can be read everywhere, variables declared in the function are limited to that function.
I thought you were saying to literally use
def main(): pass, that’s why I was confusedOh, no, that's just the usual placeholder. Though, ... would also be valid iirc, and would fit better as a "TODO" placeholder