Yeah, just putting it in a module is easy enough. filename: config.py
Then in each module you can just do... # file1.py import config config.mutated = 1 #file2.py import config x = config.mutated #file3.py import file1 import file2 print (file2.mutated) # should print 1 On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Sean Wolfe <ether....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey everybody, > > Upon initialization I'd like to set an assets path, which will be > different depending on platform. I'd like to set it one time upon > startup, and then have every module import it automatically with the > changed value. However since modules are loaded once and persisted in > their original state, I can't get the new value in the new module, > even if I reload(settings) . > > The best option I can think of is actually creating a new module as a > new file, then importing that new module in every subsequent piece > that needs it. But I was hoping to do something a little more elegant > than that. Do we have any sort of application-level variables which > are muteable? Like an application-level memory space? > > > ---------- > main.py: > import settings > > if android: > settings.assets = './assets' > else: > settings.assets = 'c:/my/sources/in/development/bla/bla' > > > then in a future module something like this: > > ---------- > gameloop.py: > import settings > > ASSETS_DIRECTORY = settings.assets > player_img = pygame.image.load(ASSETS_DIRECTORY + 'player.png') > > > > > -- > A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, > if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. > - Abraham Maslow >
