self for modules

[Bertram Scharpf]

Hi,

when I want to access the module itself, I can write

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import sys
module_self = sys.modules[ __name__]
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Is there a smarter way to do this?

On the other side, I could express my problem in the
following way: Is it legitimate to say

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def f( d):
d.update( { 'a': 'spam', 'b': 'eggs'})

f( vars())

print a, 'and', b
----

?

Thanks for your answers in advance.

Bertram

 

[Terry Reedy]

Hi,

when I want to access the module itself, I can write

shorter and not implementation specific is
<module '__main__' (built-in)>

I presume this works in imported module also.

Terry J. Reedy

 

[Bertram Scharpf]

Hallo,

shorter and not implementation specific is
<module '__main__' (built-in)>

I presume this works in imported module also.

Nice idea, indeed. Thank you.

Bertram