problem with global scope after package import via __init__.py

[Mark Frazer]

Denis S. Otkidach <ods at fep.ru> [02/08/13 11:51]:
> On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Mark Frazer wrote:
> 
> MF> However, there seems to be a problem accessing scalars when
> MF> the package
> MF> is imported in this fashion.  The package files themselves
> MF> can access the
> MF> scalar properly, but the package user cannot.  Is this a
> MF> bug?
> 
> fail.py:
> #!/usr/bin/env python2
> 
> import p
> 
> val = 10
> p.set_a (val)                     # set p.a.aval to 10 (p.aval
>                                   # has its original value)
> 
> print "p.get_a() is ", p.get_a () # get p.a.aval
> assert p.get_a () == val          # is OK
> print "p.aval is ", p.aval
> assert p.aval == val              # is not OK since p.aval is
>                                   # -999 (the value of p.a.aval
>                                   # at the moment when a is
>                                   # imported) and val is 10

Agreed.  But, how do I access aval through the package?  I don't want my
package users to know about the individual files in the package.

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