__getattr__ functionality for modules?

[Stefan Franke]

On 18 May 2003 18:55:20 -0400, aahz at pythoncraft.com (Aahz) wrote:
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>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.


Stefan