Re: Project-wide variable...

From	Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	Re: Project-wide variable...
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Date	2011-06-23 16:42 +0200
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Gnarlodious wrote:

> On Jun 23, 7:59 am, Noah Hall wrote:
>> >>>from a import x
> 
> I'm doing that:
> import Module.Data as Data

from Module import Data

There, you saved three more characters .

> However I end up doing it in every submodule, so it seems a little
> redundant. I wish I could load the variable in the parent program and
> have it be available in all submodules. Am I missing something?

You can modify the builtin namespace:

$ cat module.py
print data
$ cat main.py
import __builtin__
__builtin__.data = 42

import module
$ python main.py
42
$

But I don't think it's a good idea. Remember that "explicit is better than 
implicit".

Thread

Project-wide variable... Gnarlodious <gnarlodious@gmail.com> - 2011-06-23 06:41 -0700
  Re: Project-wide variable... Calvin Spealman <ironfroggy@gmail.com> - 2011-06-23 09:51 -0400
  Re: Project-wide variable... Noah Hall <enalicho@gmail.com> - 2011-06-23 14:59 +0100
    Re: Project-wide variable... Gnarlodious <gnarlodious@gmail.com> - 2011-06-23 07:09 -0700
      Re: Project-wide variable... Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2011-06-23 16:42 +0200
        Re: Project-wide variable... "bruno.desthuilliers@gmail.com" <bruno.desthuilliers@gmail.com> - 2011-06-23 08:20 -0700
        Re: Project-wide variable... Gnarlodious <gnarlodious@gmail.com> - 2011-06-23 10:48 -0700
      Re: Project-wide variable... Noah Hall <enalicho@gmail.com> - 2011-06-23 15:55 +0100
      Re: Project-wide variable... Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-06-23 14:10 -0400
        Re: Project-wide variable... Gnarlodious <gnarlodious@gmail.com> - 2011-06-23 19:01 -0700
          Re: Project-wide variable... Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-06-24 02:11 +0000
            Re: Project-wide variable... Gnarlodious <gnarlodious@gmail.com> - 2011-06-23 20:49 -0700
              Re: Project-wide variable... Gnarlodious <gnarlodious@gmail.com> - 2011-06-23 21:01 -0700
                Re: Project-wide variable... alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2011-06-23 21:04 -0700
              Re: Project-wide variable... Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-06-24 02:27 -0400
                Re: Project-wide variable... Gnarlodious <gnarlodious@gmail.com> - 2011-06-24 04:30 -0700
                Re: Project-wide variable... Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-06-24 17:19 -0400
  Re: Project-wide variable... Guillaume Martel-Genest <guillaumemg@gmail.com> - 2011-06-23 10:18 -0700
    Re: Project-wide variable... Noah Hall <enalicho@gmail.com> - 2011-06-23 18:42 +0100
      Re: Project-wide variable... Gnarlodious <gnarlodious@gmail.com> - 2011-06-23 11:01 -0700

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