#🔒 Is it possible to know if I'm being imported outside of __init__.py or __main__.py?

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glacial pecan
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I want to know if my package is being executed via python -m package/ poetry run/etc or imported via import package.

I've read I can use the __name__ check, but it seems to only work from one of the main files of the package. I'd like to do the check in a different source file from a utils function.

Is it possible?

summer kettleBOT
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karmic viper
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it might be possible, but it's pretty unusual. Whatever problem you're trying to solve this way would likely be better solved some other way.

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it seems to only work from one of the main files of the package.
What do you mean by this? __name__ works the same everywhere.

glacial pecan
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I'm trying to load config info based on how the package was imported. I'm doing it from a utility file due to SOC reasons.

I just double checked and yes it doesn't work. If used in a different source file, it will just give the name of the file, since that source file is imported even if the main package was executed.

karmic viper
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"just give the name of the source file" is what it always does if it's imported. And if it's not imported, it's __main__

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anyway

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what is SOC?

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"Summer of Code"? "Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance"?

glacial pecan
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It's the basic software development principle Separation of Concerns.

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karmic viper
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hm, well, I still don't understand what problem you're trying to solve.

summer kettleBOT
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