on Fri Jun 22 2007, "Steven D'Aprano" <steven-AT-REMOVE.THIS.cybersource.com.au> wrote:
> There are ways to bypass the import system. The most obvious would be to > write directly to globals. > >>>> spanish_inquisition > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? > NameError: name 'spanish_inquisition' is not defined >>>> globals()['spanish_inquisition'] = "NOBODY expects the Spanish > Inquisition!!!" >>>> spanish_inquisition > 'NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!!!' Yeah, of course. I just don't think anything that perverse is happening in these cases. Take, for another example, http://trac.edgewall.org/ticket/5646#comment:3 -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://www.boost-consulting.com The Astoria Seminar ==> http://www.astoriaseminar.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
