def _mminion():
 global MMINION
 if (MMINION is None):
  MMINION = salt.minion.MasterMinion(__opts__)
 return MMINION

def _mminion ( ) : global MMINION if ( MMINION is None ) : MMINION = salt . minion . MasterMinion ( __opts__ ) return MMINION
create a single mminion for this module to use .