variables bound in moudules are None when module is not completely imported

[chrysn at fsfe.org]

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 05:05:28PM -0200, Gabriel Genellina wrote:
> I'd try to move all the global stuff in that module into a function,  
> "init". Importing the module will always succeed - you have to manually  
> call init() after importing it.

i normally do that anyway and would also have done so here (afaik, it's
best practice anyway), but this is in this case not possible as the
modules in question are not under my control at all. as pep 299 has been
turned down, this can't really be considered a bug of those files.

anyway, it would just be another workaround around the globals
disappearing.

> That makes a strange situation where the module doesn't exist in  
> sys.modules but its globals are still alive...

is this a known bug? i mean from a garbage collection / refcount point
of view, at least everything that is still referenced somewhere should
be preserved.

thanks
chrysn

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