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I am using the built-in module to insert a few instances, so they can be accessed globally for debugging purposes. The problem with the __builtins__ module is that it is a module in a main script and is a dict in modules, but as my script depending on cases can be a main script or a module, I have to do this: if isinstance(__builtins__, dict): __builtins__['g_frame'] = 'xxx' else: setattr(__builtins__, 'g_frame', 'xxx') Is there a workaround, shorter than this? More importantly, why does __builtins__ behave this way? Here is a script to see this. Create a module a.py: #module-a import b print 'a-builtin:',type(__builtins__) Create a module b.py: #module-b print 'b-builtin:',type(__builtins__) Now run python a.py: $ python a.py b-builtin: <type 'dict'> a-builtin: <type 'module'>
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