[Python-Dev] Fast access to __builtins__
M.-A. Lemburg
mal@lemburg.com
Fri, 28 Mar 2003 09:38:28 +0100
Guido van Rossum wrote:
> I'd be happy to proclaim that doing something like
>
> import X
> d = X.__dict__
> d["spam"] = 42 # or exec "spam = 42" in d
>
> is always prohibited.
That would break lazy module imports such as the one I'm using
in mx.Misc.LazyModule.py.
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