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gh-128720: Fix doc inacurracy about __main__.__file__ existence in the REPL (#128721)

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Fix doc inacurracy about __main__.__file__ existence in the REPL
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Wim Jeantine-Glenn 2025-01-21 13:52:21 -06:00 • committed by GitHub
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@ -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`.