__getattr__ functionality for modules?

[Aahz]

In article <k85gcvgdg7lgldmnrq88gqgmdmla9r0q5l at 4ax.com>,
Stefan Franke  <franke at ableton.com> wrote:
>On 18 May 2003 18:55:20 -0400, aahz at pythoncraft.com (Aahz) wrote:
>>
>>Nope, and Guido is violently opposed to making this possible.  Why not
>>just use a class?
>
>Because a namespace object behaves different when it comes to setting
>attributes: There are no nested scopes. 
>
>What I'm trying to realize is a small domain specific configuration 
>language: A subset of Python that consists of nothing else but 
>
>- a couple of functions,
>
>- the ability to define your own functions with 'def' with correct scope nesting
>
>- Python's numeric expressions
>
>- and an (unlimited) number of builtin constants. That's what I need
>  the module getattr hook for
>
>This is absolutely trivial to learn for the users in my context. Using
>objects and attributes here adds an unnecessary (and unwanted)
>level of complexity.

But you can import their module and attach the functions to a class
object.  They don't need to know that.  ;-)
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