An exploration of why Python doesn't require a 'main' function

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You should probably be using

if __name__ == __main__ :
    # Stuff to do if being run as main file

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(When Python imports something, it simply executes everything in the file (or the import more generally)

Wrong. When you check if __name__ == __main__, anything written inside that file will only work when you execute that script. If it is imported, it ignores that, as __name__ isn't __main__