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    <p>I'm using Python and am trying to create a function that will look at the name of the object that is given as an argument and (among other things) create some globals that contain this name, for example:</p> <pre><code>object1=someclass(args,kwds) #the object is an instance of a class that is given a certain name (e.g.object1) def somefunc(some_argument): global tau_some_argument global ron_some_argument #e.t.c. for other variables (I also would like to assign some variables etc) tau_some_argument=some_value1 ron_some_argument=some_value2 print ron_some_argument print tau_some_argument </code></pre> <p>now what I want to happen if I call this function is as follows: when I call</p> <pre><code> somefunc(object1) </code></pre> <p>I would like it to create some globals named tau_object1, ron_object1 and assign them values (the print statements are irrelevant), similarly if i called</p> <pre><code>somefunc(object2) </code></pre> <p>where object2 is another instance of a class I would like it to create globals: tau_object2, ron_object2, at the moment the function simply creates globals named tau_some_argument (as is obvious from the code).</p> <p>Now I read somewhere that the names of python objects are immutable, unless they are a class or function so I don't know how to do this, from reading I get the feeling that I may need to use meta-classes but this feels like it's an overly complicated way of doing something that should be relatively easy.</p> <p>Thanks in advance.</p>
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    1. COThis is *such* a bad idea...
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    2. COif object1 is global, then you can use globals dictionary to find the key whose value is equal to some_argument. This gives you the name 'object1' or 'object2' or whatever.
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    3. COBut like Ignacio said, its a bad idea.
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