from xx import yy

[bvdp]

I'm having a conceptual mind-fart today. I just modified a bunch of code to use "from xx import variable" when variable is a global in xx.py. But, when I change/read 'variable' it doesn't appear to change. I've written a bit of code to show the problem:

mod1.py
myvar = 99
def setvar(x):
    global myvar
    myvar = x

test1.py
import mod1
mod1.myvar = 44
print (mod1.myvar)
mod1.setvar(33)
print (mod1.myvar)

If this test1.py is run myvar is fine. But, if I run:

test2.py
from mod1 import myvar, setvar
myvar = 44
print (myvar)
setvar(33)
print (myvar)

It doesn't print the '33'.

I thought (apparently incorrectly) that import as would import the name myvar into the current module's namespace where it could be read by functions in the module????