MakaMaka wrote: > Hi, > I have a scope related question that I haven't been able to find an > answer to anywhere. Is there a way to have a function in an imported > module add variables to the scope of the calling script? Basically, > can I have the following: > > #root.py > import some_module.py > > some_module.afunction() # <== create a variable x1=1 and add it to the > scope of root.py > > print x1 # <== would print 1 > > I know this can be accomplished by passing the what globals() returns > into the function; however, I'm wondering if there is a way to do this > without passing anything to the function. > There are clever technical ways to do this, but what's the use case? There's almost certainly a better way to accomplish what you want.
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