Simple module simulation

namespace.py

#namespace
#By Robin Wellner (gvx)
#I hereby waive copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work
#See the Creative Commons Zero Waiver at <http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/>

#Simulation of modules containing one or more function/class/object.
#Warning: modules are named differently than what you would expect.

def namespace(name):
    class namespace:
        def __init__(self, obj):
            setattr(self, name, obj)
            try:
                obj.__name__ = name
            except:
                pass
        def __repr__(self):
            n = ', '.join(item for item in dir(self) if item not in dir(namespace))
            return 'namespace (%s)' % n
        def __call__(self, name):
            def x(obj):
                setattr(self, name, obj)
                try:
                    obj.__name__ = name
                except:
                    pass
                return self
            return x
    return namespace

namespace_examples.py

#Examples
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#See the Creative Commons Zero Waiver at <http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/>

from namespace import namespace

#Use as a decorator
@namespace('degrees')
def math(rad):
    return rad * 57.295779513082323

print math.degrees(1)
#57.295779513082323
print repr(math)
#namespace (degrees)

#Object example:
sys = namespace('maxint')(256)
print sys.maxint
#256

#Module tree example:
@namespace('ScrolledMessageDialog')
@namespace('dialogs')
@namespace('lib')
def wx(parent, text, caption):
    return (parent, caption + ': ' + text)

print wx.lib.dialogs.ScrolledMessageDialog(None, 'Hello World',
                                           'And now for something completely different')
#(None, 'And now for something completely different: Hello World')

#Multiple objects in one namespace example:
@namespace('python')
def monty(string):
    return 'This is a test: ' + string
@namespace('spam')
def monty():
    return 6
print repr(monty)
#namespace (python, spam)
print monty.python('1 2 3')
#This is a test: 1 2 3
print monty.spam
#6