[Python-Dev] Dynamic module namspaces (original) (raw)

James Y Knight foom at fuhm.net
Mon Jul 17 06:33:23 CEST 2006

On Jul 15, 2006, at 2:38 PM, Johan Dahlin wrote:

What I want to ask, is it possible to have a sanctioned way to implement a dynamic module/namespace in python?

For instance, it could be implemented to allow you to replace the dict attribute in a module with a user provided object which implements the dictionary protocol.

I'd like this, as well, although my use case is different: I'd like
to be able to deprecate attributes in a module. That is, if I have:

foo.py: SOME_CONSTANT = 5

I'd like to be able to do something such that any time anyone
accessed foo.SOME_CONSTANT, it'd emit a DeprecationWarning.

James

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