Global package variable, is it possible?

[Chris Allen]

> Hmm. So maybe something like this makes sense:
>
> __init__py:
> #######################
> _default_cfg_file = 'config.conf'
>
> import configure
> def loadcfg(filename):
>     configure.cfgfile = filename
>     try:
>         reload(pkg_module1)
>         reload(pkg_module2)
>     except NameError:
>         pass
> cfg = loadcfg(_default_cfg_file)
>
> import pkg_module1
> import pkg_module2
> # EOF
>
> confgure.py:
> #######################
> cfgfile = None
> def loadcfg()
>     global cfgfile
>     if not cfgfile:
>         return None
>     file = open(cfgfile)
>     cfg = SafeConfigParser()
>     cfg.readfp(file)
>     return cfg
> # EOF
>
> pkg_module1:
> #######################
> import configure
> cfg = configure.loadcfg()
> # EOF
>
> It's a little bit convoluted, but I think it solves most of my
> gripes.  Anybody have a better idea of how to do this?  Thanks again
> Fabio.

Ugh... I wasn't thinking... Of course this won't work either for the
same reasons above.  changing configure.cfgfile from __init__.py will
have no effect on the separate configure instances loaded in other
modules.  I still don't understand why python's __init__.py namespace
isn't global to all modules in the package.  Is this a feature, to
prevent sloppy code?  I think there are certain instances when it
would make sense.