Does PyModule_GetDict return information about class method variables?

[Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch]

On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:34:37 -0700, MD wrote:

>    I have a variable which is defined inside a class method. When I
> call PyModule_GetDict on the module containing this class, the
> dictionary doesn't contain any information about this variable. Is
> this expected behavior? If so, what options do I have to access this
> variable from my Python C extension.

You can't access names in methods because they don't exist until you call
the method.  It's just like local variables in C.  Consider:

void foo(void)
{
    int bar = 42;
}

Here `bar` does not exist until you call `foo()` and it disappears as soon
as the function returns.

It's the very same situation in Python:

class A(object):
    def foo(self):
        bar = 42

The local name `bar` only exists if `foo()` is called on an instance of `A`.

Ciao,
	Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch