name of client module

[Jeff Schwab]

Nick Stinemates wrote:
> Jeff Schwab wrote:
>> Nick Stinemates wrote:
>>   
>>>> I'm not saying I don't want to do that.  I'm saying that, in addition to 
>>>> what you've written, I want foo to know it's being imported, and by whom.
>>>>       
>> Please don't snip so much.
>>
>>   
>>> You're still not explaining a real example of what this could be used for.
>>>     
>> Why would you say something like that?  I told you *exactly* what I 
>> wanted to use it for.  See Berwyn's post on the recent thread "Double 
>> underscores -- ugly?"  He suggests that a suitable replacement for "if 
>> __name__ == '__main__'" might be "if sys.main()".  I was looking for a 
>> way to implement that kind of function.  Just like I told you when you 
>> asked me.  You snipped it, along with most of the post.
>>
>>   
>>> Oh well, here's an example of an implementation of what you want to do.
>>>     
>> Thanks.
>>   
> Ah, I snipped because I was only replying to that specific part and
> thought there was an archive of the rest. If that is unconventional I'll
> stop.
> 
> I suppose I did get a bit carried away. It seems people always want to
> know 'who is calling my object' but I think writing a design around that is:
> 
>     a) Really hard to follow, much like GoTo statements
>     b) Poorly thought out
>     and, probably much more importantly
>     c) Grouping code together like that really limits what you can do
>     with it..
> 
> I'm sorry if I offended.

No problem!  In general, I agree with those points completely.