Embedding Python and built-in types

[Martin v. Löwis]

"Mickael Putters" <pylist at dreamingprophet.com> writes:

> Well, I was talking about the assignment operator, maybe it's not =.
> Yeah well guess I'll have to modify the source, I thought maybe there would
> be a way to do that already present in Python/C.

Ah, that's not an operator: assignment is not an expression; it is a
statement (but it is =).

Controlling assignment is even more difficult. Assignments usually
results in a dictionary operation. Intercepting all kinds of
assignment won't be easy. If you are just looking for assignments to
global variables, you might intercept the dictionary write operation.

Using non-dictionary objects to keep global variables (so that you can
intercept writes and reads) is a long-standing wish; it hasn't been
granted because there is no efficient implementation for it that
doesn't cause significant penalties if there is no interception.

Regards,
Martin