funcs vs vars in global namespace

[David Rysdam]

Alex Martelli wrote:
> David Rysdam <drysdam at ll.mit.edu> wrote:
>    ...
> 
>>OK, dumb question #1:
>>
>>Why do this:
>>
>>sub_module = __import__(which_module_this_time)
>>vars(sub_module).update(which_dict_this_time)
>>
>>When I could just do this:
>>
>>__import__(which_module_this_time, which_dict_this_time)
>>
>>?
> 
> 
> You can do whatever you wish, but what makes you think these constructs
> have similar effects?  Quoting from Python's online docs on __import__,
> 
> """
>  the standard implementation  does not use its locals argument at all,
> and uses its  globals only to determine the package context of the
> import statement
> """
> 
> In short, the standard implementation of __import__ does NOT alter in
> any way the dict of the module it imports.
> 
> 
> Alex

Ah, I see.

Your "which_dict_this_time" dictionary, how are you imagining that 
working?  I was just mapping function name strings to functions 
({'logError':logError}), but (long story short) that isn't working how I 
want.  But shouldn't I be able to define the function right there in the 
dictionary itself?

Perhaps this is getting too non-obvious, magical and unmaintainable, though.