diff --git a/Doc/library/__main__.rst b/Doc/library/__main__.rst index 647ff9da04d10d..4407ba2f7714dd 100644 --- a/Doc/library/__main__.rst +++ b/Doc/library/__main__.rst @@ -292,10 +292,7 @@ Here is an example module that consumes the ``__main__`` namespace:: if not did_user_define_their_name(): raise ValueError('Define the variable `my_name`!') - if '__file__' in dir(__main__): - print(__main__.my_name, "found in file", __main__.__file__) - else: - print(__main__.my_name) + print(__main__.my_name) Example usage of this module could be as follows:: @@ -330,7 +327,7 @@ status code 0, indicating success: .. code-block:: shell-session $ python start.py - Dinsdale found in file /path/to/start.py + Dinsdale Note that importing ``__main__`` doesn't cause any issues with unintentionally running top-level code meant for script use which is put in the @@ -361,8 +358,5 @@ defined in the REPL becomes part of the ``__main__`` scope:: >>> namely.print_user_name() Jabberwocky -Note that in this case the ``__main__`` scope doesn't contain a ``__file__`` -attribute as it's interactive. - The ``__main__`` scope is used in the implementation of :mod:`pdb` and :mod:`rlcompleter`.