Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module

From	Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module
Date	2011-07-05 15:43 +0000
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On 2011-07-05, Tim Johnson <tim@johnsons-web.com> wrote:
> * Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> [110704 20:37]:
>> 
>> It sounds like what you really want is to detect the names *exported*
>> by the module, then.  i
>   Yes! 
>> Why not do it the same way Python does it?  If
>> the module defines an "__all__" attribute, then it is taken to be a
>> sequence of strings which are the exported names.  Otherwise, the
>> exported names are taken to be all the names in the module dict that
>> don't begin with an underscore.
>
>  :) Oh here we go again. Another python feature I didn't know about
>   or have forgotten.

You could probably implement at least two more languages using nothing
but Python features I don't know about or have forgotten.  :)

Yet I still manage to get a lot accomplished using Python.

-- 
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Testing if a global is defined in a module Tim Johnson <tim@johnsons-web.com> - 2011-07-04 10:11 -0800
  Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module rantingrick <rantingrick@gmail.com> - 2011-07-04 12:40 -0700
    Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module Tim Johnson <tim@johnsons-web.com> - 2011-07-04 12:30 -0800
      Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module rantingrick <rantingrick@gmail.com> - 2011-07-04 14:30 -0700
        Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module Tim Johnson <tim@johnsons-web.com> - 2011-07-04 13:59 -0800
      Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-07-05 09:13 +1000
        Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module Tim Johnson <tim@johnsons-web.com> - 2011-07-04 15:26 -0800
          Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-07-05 09:33 +1000
            Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module Tim Johnson <tim@johnsons-web.com> - 2011-07-04 16:01 -0800
            Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-07-05 10:08 +1000
              Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-07-05 14:11 +0000
                Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module "Waldek M." <wm@localhost.localdomain> - 2011-07-05 18:35 +0200
                Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-07-06 03:36 +1000
                Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-07-06 08:45 +1000
                Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module "Waldek M." <wm@localhost.localdomain> - 2011-07-06 08:00 +0200
                Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-07-07 14:18 +0000
                Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com> - 2011-07-07 17:36 -0700
                Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-07-05 22:39 +0000
            Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module Tim Johnson <tim@johnsons-web.com> - 2011-07-04 18:01 -0800
            Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-07-04 22:28 -0600
            Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module Tim Johnson <tim@johnsons-web.com> - 2011-07-05 07:30 -0800
              Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-07-05 15:43 +0000

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