def proxy_global(name, no_expand_macro=False, fname='func', args=()):
    """
    Used to automatically asrootpy ROOT's thread local variables
    """
    if no_expand_macro:  # pragma: no cover
        # handle older ROOT versions without _ExpandMacroFunction wrapping
        @property
        def gSomething_no_func(self):
            glob = self(getattr(ROOT, name))
            # create a fake func() that just returns self
            def func():
                return glob
            glob.func = func
            return glob
        return gSomething_no_func

    @property
    def gSomething(self):
        obj_func = getattr(getattr(ROOT, name), fname)
        try:
            obj = obj_func(*args)
        except ReferenceError:  # null pointer
            return None
        # asrootpy
        return self(obj)

    return gSomething
Used to automatically asrootpy ROOT's thread local variables