Global var access in imported modules?

[Rgg]

Fredrik Lundh wrote:
>>    import utility.py
> that tries to import a module named "py" from the package "utility".

oops - that was just a typo in my post - I meant of course "import utility"
> 
> Python doesn't have "program-wide global" variables; if you need that, 
> create a support module and import that module everywhere you need to 
> access those variables:
> 
>     # file: globalvars.py
>     sName = ""
> 
>     # file: myprogram.py
>     import globalvars
>     print globalvars.sName
> 
> etc.
> 
> </F>
> 

That's news - thanks, I didn't realize that there just wasn't the 
concept of program-wide globals.  The support module idea sounds like a 
path forward.

-R.