On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:09:25 -0500, Terry Reedy wrote: > n00m wrote: >>> Or just raise an exception in __init__(),.. >> >> Then we are forced to handle this exception outside of class code. It's >> Ok. Never mind. >> -------------------- >> >> Next thing. >> I can't understand why we can get __name__, but not __dict__, on the >> module level? >> >> >> print __name__ >> print __dict__ > > If the global namespace contained itself, as a dict, there would be an > infinite loop.
Why would that be a problem? Any time you do this: >>> g = globals() you create such a recursive reference: >>> globals()['g']['g']['g']['g'] is globals() is g True Yes, there's a tiny bit extra work needed when bootstrapping the processes, and when exiting, but I don't see why it's a big deal. Whether it's necessary or useful is another story. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
