I  expected it to startup the program, like main in java but
when I feed it to the interpreter he just "eats" the file loads wathever
is in the file but doesn't run main.

        So am I suposed to explicitly call it like in the file below or is
there a better (pythonic) way to do it??

        TIA

        David Nunes

import string
import PedLan
import GLOBAL

class Lancamento:
    ReqID = 0

    #PDNConsulta

    def ___init__(self):
        #inicializacao do PDNConsulta
        pass

    def trataPedido(self):#nao faz verificacao de input
        linha = raw_input('>')
        parse = string.splitfields(linha, GLOBAL.INPUTSEP)
        disc = parse[0]
        nomes = []
        notas = []
        for indice in range(1,len(parse), 2):
            nomes.append(parse[indice])
        for indice in range(2,len(parse), 2):
            notas.append(parse[indice])
        pedido = PedLan.PedLan(ReqID, nomes, notas)
        #<PDNConsulta.Lancamento(pedido)

    def __main__(self):
        print('running')
        interface = Lancamento()
        while(1):
            interface.trataPedido()

Lancamento().__main__() #to run main ????

class MyClass:
  pass

if __name__ == '__main__':
  # do stuff with MyClass

what is happening here is __name__ is defined to be the name of the module when
the file is called via 'import' or 'from' or it is called '__main__' if being
used as a script and called directly by the interpreter.  Note __name__ is at
the module scope, not part of any class.

This allows for each module to have test code in it that can be executed easily.

If you are simply writing a #!python style script there is no need for main,
the interpreter starts at the first line and executes everything it sees.

  def __init__(self):

is the correct spelling.  If it was just a typo, you're okay,
but if you actually cut-and-pasted the text you've got a latent
problem in your code with the triple leading underscore.

-Peter