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Python needs an actual default function
(lemmy.ml)
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I mean yeah with no context that looks weird A/F, but given a couple details it's fairly self-evident why it be like it do.
__name__is a global variable containing the name of the current module. There's a couple more like__file__containing the filename of the current module.__name__gets set to"__main__". If it got set to something more sensible like"main"you couldn't really call a filemain.pywithout this breaking. Right now this only breaks for files called__main__.pybut luck would have it that calling a file__main__.pyalready has a special meaning which makes these uses not clash.__name__is set to__main__is the easiest way to do this.Python for sure has a bunch of weirdness, but it all does mesh together into a rather nice programming language.