Adding to a module's __dict__?

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John Posner wrote:
> On 3/2/2010 10:19 AM, Roy Smith wrote:
>>
>> Somewhat sadly, in my case, I can't even machine process the header
>> file.  I don't, strictly speaking, have a header file.  What I have is
>> a PDF which documents what's in the header file, and I'm manually re-
>> typing the data out of that.  Sigh.
> 
> Here's an idea, perhaps too obvious, to minimize your keystrokes:
> 
> 1. Create a text file with the essential data:
> 
> XYZ_FOO   0  The foo property
> XYZ_BAR   1  The bar property
> XYZ_BAZ   2  reserved for future use
> 
> 2. Use a Python script to convert this into the desired code:
> 
> declare('XYZ_FOO', 0, "The foo property")
> declare('XYZ_BAR', 1, "The bar property")
> declare('XYZ_BAZ', 2, "reserved for future use")
> 
> Note:
> 
>  >>> s
> 'XYZ_FOO   0  The foo property'
>  >>> s.split(None, 2)
> ['XYZ_FOO', '0', 'The foo property']
> 
You might be able to reduce your typing by copy-and-pasting the relevant
text from the PDF into an editor and then editing it.