On Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:41:42 -0400, Terry Reedy wrote:
> In 3.0, at least, one does not need a disk file to create a module.
>
> >>> import types
> >>> me = types.ModuleType('me') # type(__builtins__) works, no import
> >>> me
> <module 'me' (built-in)>
> >>> me.a = 1
> >>> me.a
> 1
> >>> me.a + 1
> 2
Seems to work for Python 2.5 as well.
> That said, a blank class is even easier, and the representation is
> better.
And modules aren't callable. I've often thought they should be.
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