In Python what's the best way to emulate Perl's __END__?

Question

Am I correct in thinking that that Python doesn\'t have a direct equivalent for Perl\'s __END__?

print \"Perl...\\n\";

__END__
End of code. I c         


        

Answer 1

The triple-quote form you suggested will still create a python string, whereas Perl's parser simply ignores anything after __END__. You can't write:

"""
I can put anything in here...
Anything!
"""
import os
os.system("rm -rf /")

Comments are more suitable in my opinion.

#__END__
#Whatever I write here will be ignored
#Woohoo !