How to get current module object

[Alex]

Gabriel Genellina wrote:
> En Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:49:02 -0200, Alex <noname9968 at gmail.com> escribió:
>> That's what I've been searching for, thanks. By the way, I know it might
>> be trivial question... but function and class namespaces have __name__
>> attribute too. Why is global one always returned?
> I don't understand the question (even with the later correction  
> namespaces->objects)
There's no question anymore, I just failed to distinguish function local 
variables (which don't include __name__) and function object's attributes
>>> Why do you want to get the module object? globals() returns the module
>>> namespace, its __dict__, perhaps its only useful attribute...
>>>       
>> To pass it as a parameter to a function (in another module), so it can
>> work with several modules ("plugins" for main program) in a similar  
>> manner.
>>     
>
> The function could receive a namespace to work with (a dictionary). Then  
> you just call it with globals() == the namespace of the calling module.
Yes, but access to module seems more verbose:

 >>> module_dict['x']()
xxx

Instead of just:

 >>> module.x()
xxx