Ulrich Dorda wrote:
> I've got a probably embarrassing trivial problem with namespaces, but
> couldn't solve it myself nor find an answer in the net. Hopefully one of
> you guys can help me.
>
> What I want to do:
> Use the interactive shell and e.g define the variable a there.
> Then load a module and access a from within.
>
> e.g file "utest.py"
>
> def doit():
> print 2*a
>
> in the shell:
>
> import utest
> a=3
> utest.doit() <- I want this to print 2*a, but of course obtain: <type
> exceptions.NameError'>: global name 'a' is not defined
>
> Any change I do to a in the shell should be seen from the doit() function,
> any variable assignment I do in the doit() function should be seen in the
> shell. I guess it's somehow a namespace sharing.
>
> Actually the function doit() will contain an eval() function that should
> evaluate a (via a gui) dynamically inserted expression.
>
> Any one got a clue? (a clue what I try to say and how to help?!)
>
> Thanks a lot in advance!!
While the sane approach to this is
def doit(a):
print 2 * a
here is an insane one:
import sys
def f(): pass
function = type(f)
def snatch_globals(f):
def g(*args, **kw):
return function(f.func_code, sys._getframe(1).f_globals)(*args,
**kw)
return g
@snatch_globals
def doit():
print 2 * a
Peter
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