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__
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Answer 1

Hm, what about sys.exit(0) ? (assuming you do import sys above it, of course)

As to why it would useful, sometimes I sit down to do a substantial rewrite of something and want to mark my "good up to this point" place.

By using sys.exit(0) in a temporary manner, I know nothing below that point will get executed, therefore if there's a problem (e.g., server error) I know it had to be above that point.

I like it slightly better than commenting out the rest of the file, just because there are more chances to make a mistake and uncomment something (stray key press at beginning of line), and also because it seems better to insert 1 line (which will later be removed), than to modify X-many lines which will then have to be un-modified later.

But yeah, this is splitting hairs; commenting works great too... assuming your editor supports easily commenting out a region, of course; if not, sys.exit(0) all the way!