Using non-dict namespaces in functions

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Sat, 17 Mar 2012 11:42:49 -0700, Eric Snow wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 4:18 AM, Steven D'Aprano
> <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
>> Note that it is important for my purposes that MockChainMap does not
>> inherit from dict.
> 
> Care to elaborate?

I want to use collections.ChainMap, or something very like it, and I 
don't want to be forced into an unnatural is-a relationship with dict if 
I don't have to.


[...]
> Regardless, you could also implement __call__() on a function look-alike
> class to get what you're after.  It may not be as performant though.

I don't think that can work, because __call__ itself is a function, and I 
would need to change *its* globals. Which brings me back exactly where I 
started, trying to change globals in a function to a non-dict.



-- 
Steven