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[Python-Dev] Assignment to __class__ of module? (Autoloading? (Making Queue.Queue easier to use))

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Greg Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz> writes:

> Phillip J. Eby wrote:
>> At 01:47 PM 10/13/2005 +1300, Greg Ewing wrote:
>> 
>>> I'm trying to change the __class__ of a newly-imported
>>> module to a subclass of types.ModuleType
>> 
>> It happened in Python 2.3, actually.
>
> Is there a discussion anywhere about the reason this was
> done? It would be useful if this capability could be
> regained somehow without breaking things.

Well, I think it's undesirable that you be able to do this to, e.g.,
strings.  Modules are something of a greyer area, I guess.

Cheers,
mwh

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