need design suggestions: local namespace problem

[Brian Quinlan]

> Some of these variables need to conditionally have different values
as
> I mentioned.  For example, exit status codes.  Under qmail,
> `ERR_HARD = 100', while under Sendmail, `ERR_HARD = 75'.

Why are you getting so fancy? Why can't you simply use:

if running_under_qmail:
	ERR_HARD = 100
else:
	ERR_HARD = 75


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Brian Quinlan
BrianQ at ActiveState.com