intermodule

This library makes it possible to share global variables across modules.

Installation

pip install intermodule

Api Reference

class intermodule.SharedGlobal

Instances of this class manage a global variable and keep it synchronized across modules. You should never instantiate this class directly. Instead, use set_global and get_global functions. This class inherits a variant of ObjectProxy from wrapt. Along with all augmented assignment operators, this class also overloads the normal assignment operator (=) thanks to assign-overload. Underlying global variable can be any object and the resulting instance of this class will act like that object in every way. If you use this class, you need to call intermodule.patch_and_reload_module(). You can also access this function from assign_overload module. You can find documentation about this function in assign-overload.

SharedGlobal.set_global(name, value)

Creates a new SharedGlobal instance with the given name and value but doesn't return it. Instead, assigns it to the calling module. Lastly, assigns it to every module which has a global variable whose name is name and whose value is a SharedGlobal instance.

SharedGlobal.get_global(name)

Search through every module for a already defined global variable named name. If found, check if it is a SharedGlobal instance. If it is, assign its value to the calling module. The value won't be returned. If no module defines a variable named name or if its value is not a SharedGlobal instance, raise an error.

Example

# module1.py
import intermodule

intermodule.SharedGlobal.set_global("x", 10)

def main():
    global x
    import module2
    module2.func1()
    print(x) # prints 20
    x = 30
    module2.func2()

if intermodule.patch_and_reload_module():
    main()

# module2.py
import intermodule

intermodule.SharedGlobal.get_global("x")

def func1():
    global x
    x = 20

def func2():
    print(x) # prints 30

if intermodule.patch_and_reload_module():
    pass