Oct. 22, 2003
12:20 a.m.
Another idea: We could replace the function globals() with an object that provides __call__ for backwards compatibility, but also has a special __setattr__. Then global assignment would be 'globals.x = 23'. Would this be possible?
Yes, I just proposed this in my previous response. :-) --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)