On Jun 13, 5:52 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > file1.py > ---------- > a = 20 > from abc import * > print "Should this be printed when 'a' is alone imported from this > module" > > file2.py > ---------- > from file1 import a > print a > > (snipped) > > Of course, the option of using if __name__ == '__main__' in file1.py > for statements following 'a = 20' is not useful in my case as I need > all statements in file1 to be exectued when imported by someone else > (say file3.py)
That's a bad code smell. In general, modules intended to be imported should not have any side effects at global scope before the "if __name__ == '__main__':" part. Put the "print ..." and all other statements with side effects in one or more functions and let the importing module call them explicitly if necessary. George -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
