[Python-Dev] towards a faster Python

[Samuele Pedroni]

At 10:26 10.06.2003 +0200, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:

>    (modules are often used as container for global variables and
>    state).


and that kind of usage is penalized maybe too much by the patch as it 
stands: e.g
[probably an application scripting scenario]

import new
import sys

userdata = new.module('userdata')
execfile('startupdata',userdata.__dict__)

sys.modules['userdata'] = userdata


user scripts:

import userdata

userdata.x=...


regards