In article <mailman.18102.1422136703.18130.python-l...@python.org>, tjre...@udel.edu says... > > > "__main__" > > from module import a_name > > A module is a namespace associating names with objects. This statememt > says to import the a_name to object association from module and add it > to __main__ > > > y = a_name + 1 > > This statement uses the imported association in __main__ to access the > object and add 1, and bind 'y' to the resulting object.
But I'm being told the interpreter has no knowledge of a variable name. So, how does the interpreter know, once it reaches the assigment line above, how to map a_name to the correct object in memory? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
