sort of a beginner question about globals

[Steven Bethard]

fred.dixon wrote:
> #global1.py
> import global2
> import global3
> import sys
> 
> constant = 'dumb'
> option = sys.argv[1:]
> pass
> #global2.func1()
> a=global2.class1()
> a.func1()
> print newvar
> 
> #global2.py
> import __main__
> pass
> class class1:
>     def func1(self):
>         __main__.newvar = "string"
>         pass

The other ways of getting this behavior would be to write global2.py as:
     class class1:
         def func1(self):
             global newvar
             newvar = "string"
or
     class class1:
         def func1(self):
             globals()["newvar"] = "string"
or
     class class1:
         def func1(self):
             __import__(__name__).newvar = "string"
I don't know which of these is really preferred.  Generally if I see 
myself writing code like this, I figure I probably need to refactor things.

STeVe

P.S.  Why are you writing all those 'pass' statements?  They're not 
necessary in any of the locations you've placed them.