Steven Bethard wrote: > Steve Holden wrote: >> You don't need setattr/getattr if you know in advance the name of the >> attribute you need to access and you can get a reference to the object >> whose attribute it is. So: >> >> >>> x = "Hello, Paulo" >> >>> import sys >> >>> sys.modules['__main__'].x >> 'Hello, Paulo' > > a.k.a > > >>> import __main__ > >>> __main__.x > 'Hello, Paulo' > Indeed. Any handle on the right object will do.
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