"Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Josiah Carlson schrieb:
> > Seems to me like a bug, but the bug could be fixed if the module's
> > dictionary kept a (circular) reference to the module object. Who else
> > has been waiting for a __module__ attribute?
>
> This is the time machine at work:
>
> py> import encodings
> py> encodings.search_function.__module__
> 'encodings'
>
> It's a string, rather than the module object, precisely to avoid cyclic
> references.
I was saying that it would be nice if the following were true:
>>> encodings.__module__
<module 'encodings' from 'C:\python25\lib\encodings\__init__.pyc'>
That would make it easier for functions inside a module to pass around
references to the module namespace (I've had the need to do so before,
and have ended up using sys.modules[__name__], but that doesn't always
work).
So what if it is a circular reference (module references dict which
references module), we've got a GC which handles cycles just fine (when
users try not to be too smart).
- Josiah
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