Terry Reedy wrote > > On 2/10/2012 6:11 AM, mloskot wrote: >> The intent of xyz.flag is that it is a value set by the module >> internally. >> xyz is a module wrapping a C library. >> The C library defines concept of a global flag set by the C functions at >> some events, >> so user can check value of this flag. >> I can provide access to it with function: xyz.get_flag() > > If the value of the flag can change during a run, I would do that. > Otherwise, you have to make sure the local copy keeps in sync. Users > might also think that it is a true constant that they could read once. > > I understand that you might be concerned that one person in a > multi-programmer project might decide to rebind xyz.flag and mess up > everyone else. I think the real solution might be an option to freeze an > entire module. >
Terry, Thanks for your really helpful notes. Best regards, ----- -- Mateusz Loskot http://mateusz.loskot.net -- View this message in context: http://python.6.n6.nabble.com/Read-only-attribute-in-module-tp4378950p4464760.html Sent from the Python - python-list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list