Questions tagged [scriptedmain]
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Scripted main in OCaml?
How can I emulate this Python idiom in OCaml?
if __name__=="__main__":
main()
See RosettaCode for examples in other programming languages.
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Is there a way to override a module's main function in the D programming language?
If you really need to, you can specify __attribute__((weak)) in C (see scriptedmain). This allows a program to double as API and executable, allowing code that imports the API to overwrite the main function.
Does D have a way to do this? Python has…
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Scripted main behaviour in R?
Working with knitr has introduced a new problem -- many of my R scripts include picture generating code, and the plotting code slows things down when i source the code.
My idea is to move plotting code into a group that only runs if the code is…
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Trouble using scriptedmain in MinGW
I want to reproduce this Perl code in C, bundling API and CLI in the same C source code file (scriptedmain). This is done in Python with if __name__=="__main__": main() and in gcc/Unix, this looks like:
$ gcc -o scriptedmain scriptedmain.c…
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Does Factor have an equivalent to the Python idiom if __name__=="__main__": main()?
Factor appears to have a main method like any C-based language:
#! /usr/bin/env factor -script
USE: io
IN: hello
: hello ( -- ) "Hello World!" print ;
MAIN: hello
But Factor does not execute the main function automatically; if you run…
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Can Pascal units be compiled as executables?
I like my libraries to double as executables. The desired behavior is:
$ ./scriptedmain
Main: The meaning of life is: 42
$ ./test
Test: The meaning of life is: 42
How can I:
Get scriptedmain.p to compile into a scriptedmain binary?
Prevent test.p…
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