[IPython-user] FakeModule and python's __main__ module

[Brian Granger]

Fernando,

I know you are busy, but you are most familiar with this side of IPython.
Did this behavior change when you fixed the issues in 0.10?  Is this
unavoidable or is there something we can do about this?

Cheers,

Brian

On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 7:56 PM, Mike Blatchley <mabxmab@gmail.com> wrote:

> A friend of mine has recently introduced me to IPython and I'm hooked.
> I've been using an older version (0.8.x), but have now downloaded 0.10 and
> am having trouble with some of my existing python scripts.  In a few of
> these, I get lazy with "returning" certain objects from methods.  Instead of
> returning them, I place them directly in the main/interactive namespace with
> the __main__ module.
>
> def someFunction():
>     import __main__
>     # do some stuff here
>     __main__.myObject=myObject
>     #etc.
>
> When I return to the interactive prompt, myObject isn't there.  Conversely,
> sometimes I try to retrieve "global" attributes from that namespace, but now
> get an error.  For example:
>
> In [16]: myObject=None
> In [17]: def test():
>    ....:     import __main__
>    ....:     print __main__.myObject
> In [18]: test()
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> AttributeError                            Traceback (most recent call last)
> C:\work\test\<ipython console> in <module>()
> C:\work\test\<ipython console> in test()
> AttributeError: 'FakeModule' object has no attribute 'myObject'
>
> I've done searches on FakeModule and see quite a few mailing list postings
> indicating it replaces python's __main__, but am unclear if there is any way
> around my problem.  That is, other than sticking with the older releases of
> IPython.  Or rewriting my affected methods to not use __main__.
>
> Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks much,
> Mike
>
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