Re: [Tutor] reference to main module

[Magnus Lycka]

Luiz Siqueira Neto wrote:
> I discovery the answer, take a look:
> 
> import sys
> 
> main = sys.modules['__main__']
> 
> # now I can call some function on the fly
> # Ex:
> 
> def test():
>     print 'yessss'
> 
> def testStart(funct):
>     getattrib(funct)()
> 
> # Example using it
> 
> testStart('test')

Here I get "NameError: global name 'getattrib' is not defined"

If you are in the same scope, you can do:

>>> def x():
	print 'Hello'

	
>>> vars()['x']()
Hello

If your idea is to access code in the main module from
a submodule imported directly or indirectly by __main__,
I advice against it. Creating mutual dependencies between
modules like that is a bad practice, and a programmer of
one module does not expect that an *imported* module
expects to find certain functions, or calls code, in the 
*importing* module. 

If the submodule need something from the main module, 
the main module should pass it in as a parameter in a
call, or possibly set a variable in the submodule.


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