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NameError in list comprehension when using embed

See original GitHub issue

This used to work, and stopped working somewhere around six months to a year ago.

In [51]: from os.path import getsize

In [52]: ziplen = dict((_, getsize(_)) for _ in zips)
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NameError                                 Traceback (most recent call last)
/nrg1/tools/datateam/packages/nuance.com/nvc4-pipeline-utils/nvc4qless.py in <module>()
----> 1 ziplen = dict((_, getsize(_)) for _ in zips)

/nrg1/tools/datateam/packages/nuance.com/nvc4-pipeline-utils/nvc4qless.py in <genexpr>((_,))
----> 1 ziplen = dict((_, getsize(_)) for _ in zips)

NameError: global name 'getsize' is not defined

zips is a list of paths, but this happens for list comprehension all over the place. Not sure what local/global namespace the list comprehension doesn’t get.

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Created 8 years ago
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mathieulongtincommented, Oct 21, 2015

Ok, start_ipython(argv=[]) is more elegant.

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mathieulongtincommented, Oct 21, 2015

Deep diving in the code yields this:

embed(module=sys.modules['__main__'], user_ns=sys.modules['__main__'].__dict__)

That way, globals and locals are the same object, like in the normal shell.

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