What are the pros and cons of these two patterns (and are there any
other)? Which is the best way to dynamically get an attribute from a
module from within the same module?
1) Using the name of the module
this_module = sys.modules[__name__]
attr = getattr(this_module, "whatever", None)
2) using globals
globals()["whatever"]
I have been using #1 for two reasons. First, I will never run this
module directly, so __name__ will always be the module name and not
"__main__". Second, I can use this in a class to decide whether I want
the module where the class came from or, if I make the class a base
for a class in another module, the module where the sub-class is.
I am not familiar with the scope, pros or cons of globals() so I would
love to hear comments on this subject.
Cheers,
- Rafe
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