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[Steve Holden]

Earl Eiland wrote:
> I'm writing my first program where I call custom modules.  The 'global'
> command doesn't seem to apply, so how do I change a variable internally
> in a module without passing it down n layers, and then back out again?
> 
You are correct in assuming that global isn't what you want - it really 
means "global to the module namespace in which it appears".

However, if two separate pieces of code can both reference the same 
module then one can set an attribute in the module and the other can 
reference it. Don't forget that when you import a module its name 
becomes global within the importing module. Since a module is just a 
glorified namespace, anything that can reference the module can read 
and/or set that module's attributes.

a.py:

import something
something.x = "A value"

b.py:

import something
print something.x

will print "A value" as long as a is imported before b.

regards
  Steve
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