[mod_python] Access to apache namespace in PythonPath

Gregory (Grisha) Trubetskoy wrote:

>On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, Michael S. Fischer wrote:
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>>Grisha,
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>>It would be really cool if we could get access to the apache namespace
>>in PythonPath, so we could do stuff like:
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>>PythonPath "sys.path + [apache.server_root() + '/py']"
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>That would be neat, but I'm not sure it's theoretically possible, not
>without some kind of trickery to simulate a run-time environment at
>configuration stage...
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>I know mod_perl allows for inline perl to be executed at server
>configuration time - I haven't looked at that stuff and can't really say I know how it is done and whether it's something that would work with Python as well.
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>Grisha
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Without wanting to sound flippy or anything like that, but, I don't see 
much sense in such a configuration-time parameter "automatization", 
because, setting such parameters is part of any deployment, it's better 
to keep things explicit, no?

I'd prefer to use module-level variables-as-constants, with BIG 
UPPERCASE names, so as to not miss them when deploying, or updating, a 
module.

Just my thoughts.

-gustavo