[Python] Plugin - passing globals to a module

I have Python Module system that I am trying to create.

I have followed a previous example and it seems to work sell, except one thing.

The basic 'manager' does the following:

NAME_PY='myplugin.py'
def load_plugin( self, dirname ):
filename = os.path.join( dirname, NAME_PY )
module_name = filename[:-3]
file_path = os.path.join(self.plugin_dir, filename)
spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(module_name, file_path)
module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
spec.loader.exec_module(module)


All of this works and works nicely. I am at the next step. I am trying to model this Python construct.

if __name__ == '__main__':
print("This is the main module")
else:
print("this is not the main python file, it is being imported")


In my solution I want to use that same idiom and do this:

if __name__ == 'plugin':
print("Loaded from a plugin"
if __name__ == '__main__':
print("This is a plugin, it is not an standalone python file")


As I understand it, __name__ is a member of the dictionary globals(). And I just need to set that before I call: spec.loader.exec_module(module)

But I cannot seem to find the 'global' thing I can set my __name__ to.

Suggestions?

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