On 2/10/2012 6:11 AM, mloskot wrote:
The intent of xyz.flag is that it is a value set by the module internally. xyz is a module wrapping a C library. The C library defines concept of a global flag set by the C functions at some events, so user can check value of this flag. I can provide access to it with function: xyz.get_flag()
If the value of the flag can change during a run, I would do that. Otherwise, you have to make sure the local copy keeps in sync. Users might also think that it is a true constant that they could read once.
I understand that you might be concerned that one person in a multi-programmer project might decide to rebind xyz.flag and mess up everyone else. I think the real solution might be an option to freeze an entire module.
-- Terry Jan Reedy -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
