New submission from Jörg Rebenstorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: How can I change a variable that I defined in "__init__.py" of a package called "common" from inside the .py file that imported the package? I think there is no way to do this, in contrast to when the variable is defined any other module of the same package but not in the specific "__init__.py" module.
Example: If there is a variable named let's say "fileList" in the module "var.py" of the package "common" then I could modify the variable "fileList" from within the importing file like this: from common.var import * var.fileList = [ "bla", "blub" ] So that the change of the value of "fileList" is seen when reading it inside a function of "var.py" after this modification. But when the variable is defined inside "__init_.py" then the importing script cannot access it by writing: from common import * fileList = [ "bla", "blub" ] And it cannot access it by writing: from common import * common.fileList = [ "bla", "blub" ] Why are variables of "__init__.py" module non-modifyable this way and all others of submodules of the same package are modifyable? Maybe there is this conceptional problem of the python language here or did I miss something? ---------- components: Interpreter Core messages: 67128 nosy: crayor severity: normal status: open title: Cannot change variable definied in __init_.py after importing type: behavior versions: Python 2.3 __________________________________ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue2930> __________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
