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Author	terry.reedy
Recipients	docs@python, eric.smith, ssc, terry.reedy
Date	2010-10-08.23:55:21
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Message-id	<1286582123.46.0.60230979674.issue10043@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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The usual way to set a module variable by name, rather than setattr(modules[__name__], 'name', 'value') is >>> globals()['name'] = 2 >>> name 2 Issues of working with external names, such as from database columns, has been discussed several times on python-list and the corresponding newsgroups. Please post there is you want to discuss that.

The usual way to set a module variable by name, rather than
setattr(modules[__name__], 'name', 'value')
is
>>> globals()['name'] = 2
>>> name
2

Issues of working with external names, such as from database columns, has been discussed several times on python-list and the corresponding newsgroups. Please post there is you want to discuss that.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2010-10-08 23:55:23	terry.reedy	set	recipients: + terry.reedy, eric.smith, docs@python, ssc
2010-10-08 23:55:23	terry.reedy	set	messageid: <1286582123.46.0.60230979674.issue10043@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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2010-10-08 23:55:21	terry.reedy	create