On 2017-09-11, C Anthony Risinger wrote:
> I'm getting at, is can we find a way to make modules a real type? So dunder
> methods are activated? This would make modules phenomenally powerful
> instead of just a namespace (or resorting to after the fact __class__
> reassignment hacks).
My __namespace__ idea will allow this. A module can be a singleton
instance of a singleton ModuleType instance. So, you can assign a
property like:
<this module>.__class__.prop = <property>
and have it just work. Each module would have a singleton class
associated with it to store the properties. The spelling of
<this module> will need to be worked out. It could be
sys.modules[__name__].__class__ or perhaps we can have a weakref, so
this:
__module__.__class__.prop = ...
Need to think about this.
I have done import hooks before and I know the pain involved.
importlib cleans things up a lot. However, if my early prototype
work is an indication, the import stuff gets a whole lot simpler.
Instead of passing around a dict and then grubbing around
sys.modules because the module is actually what you want, you just
pass the module around directly.
Thanks for you feedback.
Regards,
Neil
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