global variable scope

[Laura Creighton]

> Is it possible to make a variable "super-global", meaning that it is 
> visible to *all* modules of a python program (I'm well aware of the 
> pitfalls to such techniques)?
> -- 

Approach 1. Have a module within the package whose purpose is to maintain
            your state, and let the other modules simply import it to 
            access the state via whatever mechanism you want to provide.

Approach 2. Place the package wide state in __init__.py.  Make the
            individual package modules import their own package to 
            access or change it.  Don't name any individual module
            the same as your package name.  Now you have a dependency
            in every module on the overall package name.

Approach 3. import __builtin__ and assign something to 
            __builtin__.SuperGlobal (or whatever you call it).  This is
            considered even more dirty.
           
Laura