Python IDLE: Run main?

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Published on 2010-05-29T16:52:00Z Indexed on 2010/05/29 17:02 UTC
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I'm in IDLE:

>>> import mymodule
>>> # ???

After importing a module with:

if __name__ == '__main__':
    doStuff()

How do I actually call main from IDLE?

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