On Mar 2, 5:21 am, Roy Smith <r...@panix.com> wrote: > In article <mailman.96.1267508316.23598.python-l...@python.org>, > Chris Rebert <c...@rebertia.com> wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 8:27 PM, Roy Smith <r...@panix.com> wrote: > > > >From inside a module, I want to add a key-value pair to the module's > > > __dict__. I know I can just do: > > > > FOO = 'bar' > > > > at the module top-level, but I've got 'FOO' as a string and what I > > > really need to do is > > > > __dict__['Foo'] = 'bar' > > > > When I do that, I get "NameError: name '__dict__' is not defined". Is > > > it possible to do what I'm trying to do? > > > Yes; just modify the dict returned by the globals() built-in function > > instead. > > Ah, cool. Thanks. > > > It's usually not wise to do this and is better to use a > > separate dict instead, but I'll assume you know what you're doing and > > have good reasons to disregard the standard advice due to your > > use-case. > > Why is it unwise?
He didn't say it was unwise. He said it's usually not wise. Carl Banks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list