On 22 May, 08:59, Peter Otten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip]
> inspect.getmodule(f) returns None because f() is not defined in a module. OK. But there was a module when I ran interactively? > You can either move f() to a helper module and then > > from helper_module import f Yes. > or modify anouncement_function() to not rely on that non-existent module > > >>> def announce_function(f): > > ... " Rebind f within a module so that calls to f are announced. " > ... f.func_globals[f.__name__] = announce(f) > ... I think this is what I should be doing. Very nice! You're modifying f's own gloabl environment. > > > Let's give it a try. This next works fine in an interactive Python > > session but fails when doctested. > > >>>> def h(): pass > > ... > >>>> announce_function(h) > >>>> h() > > Calling h > > Even when it works, implicitly modifying global variables is bad style. I have to admit it didn't feel right, but I didn't come up with the idea you present. Thanks again for your help. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
