merging some old changes (still struggling with mercurial a bit)

--HG--
branch : 1.0.x

py/execnet/gateway.py

@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ class Gateway(object):
         from sys import exc_info
         channel, (source, outid, errid) = item 
         try:
-            loc = { 'channel' : channel }
+            loc = { 'channel' : channel, '__name__': '__channelexec__'}
             self._trace("execution starts:", repr(source)[:50])
             close = self._local_redirect_thread_output(outid, errid) 
             try:

py/execnet/testing/test_gateway.py

@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ class BasicRemoteExecution:
     def test_repr_doesnt_crash(self):
         assert isinstance(repr(self), str)
 
+    def test_attribute__name__(self):
+        channel = self.gw.remote_exec("channel.send(__name__)")
+        name = channel.receive()
+        assert name == "__channelexec__" 
+
     def test_correct_setup_no_py(self):
         channel = self.gw.remote_exec("""
             import sys