[Tutor] reference to main module

[Luiz Siqueira]

Ops...  sorry.

change getattrib to getattr.   :)

And thanks about your help.

Magnus Lycka wrote:

>Luiz Siqueira Neto wrote:
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>
>>I discovery the answer, take a look:
>>
>>import sys
>>
>>main = sys.modules['__main__']
>>
>># now I can call some function on the fly
>># Ex:
>>
>>def test():
>>    print 'yessss'
>>
>>def testStart(funct):
>>    getattrib(funct)()
>>
>># Example using it
>>
>>testStart('test')
>>    
>>
>
>Here I get "NameError: global name 'getattrib' is not defined"
>
>If you are in the same scope, you can do:
>
>  
>
>>>>def x():
>>>>        
>>>>
>	print 'Hello'
>
>	
>  
>
>>>>vars()['x']()
>>>>        
>>>>
>Hello
>
>If your idea is to access code in the main module from
>a submodule imported directly or indirectly by __main__,
>I advice against it. Creating mutual dependencies between
>modules like that is a bad practice, and a programmer of
>one module does not expect that an *imported* module
>expects to find certain functions, or calls code, in the 
>*importing* module. 
>
>If the submodule need something from the main module, 
>the main module should pass it in as a parameter in a
>call, or possibly set a variable in the submodule.
>
>
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