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Testing if a global is defined in a module

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Using Python 2.6 on ubuntu 10.04.
inspect module :
I want to 'inspect' a module and get a list of all
functions, classes and global variables in that module.

## A module has been imported, and we call `getmembers'
members = inspect.getmembers(mod)

## While iterating thru `members', we test to see
## if an object is defined in the module.
for m in members:
  obj = m[1]
  res = inspect.getmodule(obj)
## It appears that getmodule returns None for
## all but functions and classes.

Example, for a module name `mvcInstall', when a class
name `Install' that is defined in the module
is passed as an argument to inspect.getmodule, the
values returned is something like
"<module 'mvcInstall' from
'/home/tim/prj/cgi/libraries/python/mvcInstall.py'>"
Likewise for functions defined in the module.

** But ** when global variables such as strings, booleans,
integers are passed as an argument to getmodule, the
value returned is `None'.

What else can I do here?
thanks
-- 
Tim 
tim at johnsons-web dot com or akwebsoft dot com
http://www.akwebsoft.com

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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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