What is the name of the name space I am in?

[Thomas Jollans]

On 07/05/2010 11:07 AM, Anthra Norell wrote:
> I try to use "new.new.classobj (name, baseclass, dict)" and have no clue
> what the "dict" of the current name space is. I can name dicts of 
> imported modules, because their name exists in the current name space.
> If, for instance, I import a module "service" then that module's name
> space would be "service.__dict__". But if I import * from service, then
> I incorporate that name space into the current one and I cannot name it,
> because the current module's name is not part of the module's own name
> space. "dir (service)" is equivalent to "service.__dict__.keys ()" if
> service is importet. "dir ()" is equivalent to "?.__dict__.keys ()"
> where "?" is the name of the current module, itself not part of the
> current module's name space. So the question mark stands for an implicit
> name that can be neither named nor dropped. So my question is: how does
> one name the dictionary of the name space one is in?

either globals() or locals(), depending on what you mean.

> 
> Frederic
>