Does PyModule_GetDict return information about class method variables?

[MD]

Hi Marc,
   Thanks for your reply. I am calling my extension function from the
class method itself. So at that point the variable does exist. I am
puzzled why PyModule_GetDict is not able to access the variable even
though it does exist at that point.

Thanks,
-Manas

On Aug 10, 12:43 am, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <bj_... at gmx.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:34:37 -0700, MD wrote:
> >    I have a variable which is defined inside a class method. When I
> > call PyModule_GetDict on the module containing this class, the
> > dictionary doesn't contain any information about this variable. Is
> > this expected behavior? If so, what options do I have to access this
> > variable from my Python C extension.
>
> You can't access names in methods because they don't exist until you call
> the method.  It's just like local variables in C.  Consider:
>
> void foo(void)
> {
>     int bar = 42;
>
> }
>
> Here `bar` does not exist until you call `foo()` and it disappears as soon
> as the function returns.
>
> It's the very same situation in Python:
>
> class A(object):
>     def foo(self):
>         bar = 42
>
> The local name `bar` only exists if `foo()` is called on an instance of `A`.
>
> Ciao,
>         Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch