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Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 16:01:31 -0800
From: Tim Johnson <tim@johnsons-web.com>
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Subject: Re: Testing if a global is defined in a module
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* Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> [110704 15:48]:
> Tim Johnson wrote:
> 
> >> It seems to me that your approach here is unnecessarily complex and
> >> fragile. I don't know what problem you are trying to solve, but trying to
> >> solve it by intraspecting differences that aren't differences is surely
> >> the wrong way to do it.
> >   See my last post...
> 
> 
> Yes, but what are you actually *trying to do*? "Detecting data members" is
> not an end in itself. Why do you think you need to detect data members?

  Steven, I'm building a documentation system. I have my own MVC framework
  and the goal is to have a documentation module for each project.

  Thanks again for the clarifications. I always learn a lot from
  you.
-- 
Tim 
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