module attribute __dict__ restriction in pyarmor 8

[Yurof]

hello, i am currently using pyarmor 8.5.2 on python 3.10.4,
I want to protect my global variables values from being seen by _dict_ but keep the capacity of my module to be imported, and i can't find a current way to do so,

I found in the documentation that in pyarmor<8 there was a restrict mode '100+' that manage to make the module attribute _dict_ looks like an empty dictionary, is their a way with pyarmor 8 to have the same effect ?

Thank you

[jondy]

Using option --private or --restrict also could protect the obfusated module attribute __dict__ in Pyarmor 8. It will raise protection to visit obfuscated_module.__dict from plain script.
Please check man page to understand the usage of --private and --restrict

[Yurof]

The problem with --private or --restrict in my use case is that the obfuscated script or package can't be imported by plain script or Python interpreter later

[jondy]

It's same as Pyarmor 7, you must obfuscate some modules without --private, so that plain scripts could import non-private module.

[Yurof]

In pyarmor 7 i managed to restrict but keep the ability to import in plain scripts, for example I have a file foo.py :

text = 'hello world'
print(text)

If I do:

 $ pyarmor-7 obfuscate --restrict=101 foo.py 

then

$ cd dist/
$ python 
>>> import foo
hello world
>>> foo.__dict__
{}

[jondy]

Sorry.
In Pyarmor 8, now the plain scripts could not import private and restrict modules.
In next release, only restrict module could not be imported by plain scripts, private module could be imported by plain scripts, and both of them's __dict__ are protected.
Thanks for your report