Refactoring Dilemma

[Steven Bethard]

Kamilche wrote:
> Is there any reason NOT to do this that I may be unaware of?
[snip]
> # ----------- Module 2.py ------------
> # 'Self' module processing
> import sys
> var = 0
> self = sys.modules[__name__]
> 
> def MyRoutine():
>     self.var = 1
> 
> MyRoutine()
> print var

Looks basically fine to me, but I'd probably write it as::

     _self = __import__(__name__)

Then you don't need to import sys.  I'd also use a leading underscore 
for "self" so that it's clearly marked as a module-internal attribute.

STeVe