Question about scope

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

Pat a écrit :
(snip)
> 
> Stripping out the extra variables and definitions, this is all that 
> there is.
> Whether or not this technique is *correct* programming is irrelevant.

It's obviously relevant. If it was correct, it would work, and you 
wouldn't be asking here !-)

> I 
> simply want to know why scoping doesn't work like I thought it would.
> 
> 
> ---> myGlobals.py file:
> 
> class myGlobals():
>     remote_device_enabled = bool

<irrelevant>
You're using the class as a bare namespace. FWIW, you could as well use 
the module itself - same effect, simplest code.
</irrelevant>

> ---> my initialize.py file:
> 
> from myGlobals import *
> def initialize():
>     myGlobals.remote_device_enabled = True
>

> ---> my main.py file:
> 
> import from myGlobals import *

I assume the first "import" is a typo. But this sure means you didn't 
run that code.

> RDE =  myGlobals.remote_device_enabled
> 
> def main():
>     if RDE:    # this will not give me the correct value

For which definition of "correct value" ? You didn't import nor execute 
initialize() so far, so at this stage RDE is bound to the bool type 
object. FWIW, note that calling initialize *after* the assignement to 
RDE won't change the fact that RDE will be still bound to the the bool 
type object.

<irrelevant>
You may want to have a look at how other Python application manage 
application-wide settings.
</irrelevant>