Accessing current namespace's dictionary...

[Paul Prescod]

Michael Morrison wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
> I'm trying to access the module that is running namespace dictionary, but I
> can't seem to find a way to do it.

It's called globals().

>>> globals()["foo"]="bar"
>>> dir()
['__builtins__', '__doc__', '__name__', 'foo']

I'm not sure whether it is a documented feature that it is writable or
not.

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