Multiple instances of modules

Paul Osman posman at eval.ca
Mon Sep 15 11:46:46 EDT 2003


On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Daniel Pryde wrote:

> For example, say I made a CD.py module which held details of an audio
> compact dic (album name, track names, etc..), and wanted my Python
> script to make a record collection using multiple CD's, I can't make
> them seperately. I tried using the 'import module as name' format, but
> any changes made to one instance affects the other. I assume this is
> because Python is simply referencing the one instance of CD.py rather
> than seperate ones. Is there a solution to this that doesn't involve
> using cPython or Jython? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Why not just use a class within the CD module? Then you could create as many
instances of that class as you'd like.

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