global vars across modules

[Roy Smith]

In article 
<2652842.660.1335123578432.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums at pbckz3>,
 mamboknave at gmail.com wrote:

> I need to use global var across files/modules:
[...]
> Question:
> How can I access to the global 'a' in file_2 without resorting to the whole 
> name 'file_1.a' ?

Answer 1: You can't.

Answer 2: You might want to look at thread local storage 
(http://docs.python.org/library/threading.html#threading.local).

Answer 3: Are you sure you really want to do this?