[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The main jist of the problem is that I'm trying add data from one > module to a list and a dictionary in another module, and it doesn't > seem to stick over there. > > The programs below seem to illustrate the issue. (The results follow > the programs). > Why are the results different from runs of the two programs? The > output of nameSpaceTestB.py makes sense to me, but I just don't get why > nameSpaceTestA.py does what it does. > > I'm sure the reason is very simple, but I just don't see it. Please, > can someone shed some light on the issue for me?
running a piece of python code as a script isn't the same thing as importing it as a module: "If you run a module as a script (i.e. give its name to the inter- preter, rather than importing it), it's loaded under the module name __main__. If you then import the same module from your program, it's re- loaded and reexecuted under its real name. If you're not careful, you may end up doing things twice." http://effbot.org/zone/import-confusion.htm try changing your "printing from"-statements to print "printing from", __name__ to see what you're really doing. </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list