Setup global variables settings for the entire applications

[Chris Rebert]

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 7:32 AM, AON LAZIO <aonlazio at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>    Say I have an application which requires a global settings for the user.
> When the user finishes setting those global variables for the app. Any class
> can use that variables (which are the same for all), something like that.
> What is the suitable mechanism for this solution?

Have a module that either contains the variables directly or contains
a configuration object that has the variables. Then just import the
module wherever you need to access the variables.

For example:

#config.py
power_user_mode = True
user_avatar = "bacon.jpg"

#elsewhere.py
import mypackage.config as config

class Foo(object):
    #...
    def whatever(self):
        self.set_avatar(config.user_avatar)
        if config.power_user_mode:
            self.show_advanced_interface()
    #...
    def something(self):
        new_avatar = self.avatar_chooser()
        config.user_avatar = new_avatar
        self.set_avatar(new_avatar)

Cheers,
Chris
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