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

[Anthra Norell]

Gregory Ewing wrote:
>>> 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.
>
> Are you sure that's what you really want to know? The
> 'dict' argument to classobj() defines the attributes
> that you want the new class to have. It's not meant
> to be the namespace in which the code creating the
> class is executing.
>
No indeed I'm not sure. The doc explains the argument "dict" as "name 
space", a term I associated with the enclosing module's name space, 
because it is also visible from inside enclosed blocks.
      But how right you are! Passing locals () works fine inasmuch as 
the constructor doesn't complain. Looking subsequently at the class 
attributes with dir (c) or c.__dict__keys (), however, dumps the entire 
inventory of the module in addition to the attributes of the base class. 
Clearly, that can't be right.
      So, thanks to you! I very much appreciate the guidance along the 
right path.

Frederic