Globals between modules ?

[PGMoscatt]

Does Python allow a 'global' variable that can be used between different
modules used within an app ?

Pete

[Roy Smith]

In article <42**********************@news.newshosting.com>,
PGMoscatt <pg*******@optushome.com.au> wrote:

Does Python allow a 'global' variable that can be used between different
modules used within an app ?

Pete

You could explicitly import __main__ and use that as a global namespace
(see example below). Or (perhaps a better idea), you could have a module
dedicated to global storage, and import that in all your other modules
instead of importing __main__.

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Roy-Smiths-Computer:play$ cat global.py
#!/usr/bin/env python

import a
import b

a.set()
print "x = %s" % x
print "b.get() = %s" % b.get()
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Roy-Smiths-Computer:play$ cat a.py
import __main__

def set():
__main__.x = "hello"
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Roy-Smiths-Computer:play$ cat b.py
import __main__

def get():
return __main__.x
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Roy-Smiths-Computer:play$ ./global.py
x = hello
b.get() = hello

[PGMoscatt]

Roy Smith wrote:

In article <42**********************@news.newshosting.com>,
PGMoscatt <pg*******@optushome.com.au> wrote:

Does Python allow a 'global' variable that can be used between different
modules used within an app ?

Pete

You could explicitly import __main__ and use that as a global namespace
(see example below). Or (perhaps a better idea), you could have a module
dedicated to global storage, and import that in all your other modules
instead of importing __main__.

---------------------------------
Roy-Smiths-Computer:play$ cat global.py
#!/usr/bin/env python

import a
import b

a.set()
print "x = %s" % x
print "b.get() = %s" % b.get()
---------------------------------
Roy-Smiths-Computer:play$ cat a.py
import __main__

def set():
__main__.x = "hello"
---------------------------------
Roy-Smiths-Computer:play$ cat b.py
import __main__

def get():
return __main__.x
---------------------------------
Roy-Smiths-Computer:play$ ./global.py
x = hello
b.get() = hello

Thanks Roy.... yep, that makes sense.

Thanks again.

Pete