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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Yes thank you. After reading Jims post on IronPython’s
efficiency issues, I finally understood what you were talking about. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanx..<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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users-bounces@lists.ironpython.com [mailto:users-bounces@lists.ironpython.com] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Anthony Tarlano<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, October 17, 2005
1:01 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Discussion
of IronPython</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [IronPython]
importing the os module</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Papanii,<br>
<br>
The os module i am importing is coming from cpython modules that I have put in
my path. That is the setup that I was talking about.<br>
<br>
IronPython 0.9.3 on .NET 2.0.50215.44<br>
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.<br>
>>> import os<br>
>>> os.__file__<br>
'C:\\IPython\\bin\\Lib\\os.py'<br>
>>><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailquote><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>On 10/17/05, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Papanii
Okai</span></b> <<a href="mailto:papanii.okai@gmail.com">papanii.okai@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>Hmm, I tend to disagree with you on the fact that in standard
python os is not a built in module. Even though nt is built in, the os modules
also built in. But what is confusing is that Anthony posted that he was able to
import the os module like so…</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><i><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-style:italic'>Anthony's post….</span></font></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Double
check your setup, since here is what I get importing os:<br>
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IronPython 0.9.3 on .NET 2.0.50215.44<br>
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.<br>
>>> import os<br>
>>> dir(os)<br>
['AttributeError', 'Equals', 'False', 'GetHashCode', 'GetType', 'ImportError',
'<br>
MakeNew', 'NameError', 'None', 'ToString', 'True', '_', '__all__',
'__builtins__<br>
', '__dict__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__name__', '_copy_reg', '_execvpe',
'_exi<br>
sts', '_exit', '_get_exports_list', '_make_stat_result',
'_make_statvfs_result',<br>
'_pickle_stat_result', '_pickle_statvfs_result', 'altsep', 'curdir',
'defpath',<br>
'dict', 'dir', 'environ', 'error', 'eval', 'execl', 'execle', 'execlp',
'execlp<br>
e', 'execvp', 'execvpe', 'extsep', 'getcwd', 'getenv', 'linesep', 'list',
'listd<br>
ir', 'makedirs', 'name', 'pardir', 'path', 'pathsep', 'remove', 'removedirs',
'r<br>
enames', 'sep', 'spawnl', 'stat', 'stat_result', 'sys', 'unlink', 'waitpid',
'wa<br>
lk']<br>
>>><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>He said it had something to do with my set up. Anyway, in
terms of the os module in standard python I could do something like so.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Import os</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>doesFileExist =
os.path.isdir(FileName)</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>if(doesFileExist):</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>
print FileName</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>else:</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'> print
'No file'</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>In terms of using the nt module, how would I implement this?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <a
href="mailto:users-bounces@lists.ironpython.com" target="_blank">users-bounces@lists.ironpython.com</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:users-bounces@lists.ironpython.com" target="_blank">
users-bounces@lists.ironpython.com</a>] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Martin Maly<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, October 15, 2005
5:02 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<span class=e><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Discussion of IronPython</st1:PersonName></span><br>
<span class=e><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re:
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:maroon'>In standard Python, os is not a built-in
module, however, nt module is built-in. IronPython includes built-in nt moduel
(as built-in module implemented in c#), but not the os. module.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:maroon'>I am not understanding your question about
the IO module. There is no "io" module in neither CPython nor
IronPython:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:maroon'>Python 2.4.2 (#67, Sep 28 2005, 12:41:11)
[MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on win32<br>
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or
"license" for more information.<br>
>>> import io<br>
Traceback (most recent call last):<br>
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?<br>
ImportError: No module named io</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:maroon'>Martin</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <a
href="mailto:users-bounces@lists.ironpython.com" target="_blank">users-bounces@lists.ironpython.com</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:users-bounces@lists.ironpython.com" target="_blank">
users-bounces@lists.ironpython.com</a>] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Papanii Okai<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, October 15, 2005
4:53 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> '<st1:PersonName w:st="on">Discussion
of IronPython</st1:PersonName>'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [IronPython]
importing the os module</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>Ok, so I stepped through with the debugger and found out that
IO module wasn't begin called. Are io and os built in modules? Below is a copy
of the stack trace..</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>Thread [#:0]</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>*0. IronPython.Objects.Importer.ImportTop
(PythonModule.cs:182)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'> 1. IronPython.Objects.Importer.ImportModule
(PythonModule.cs:165)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'> 2. IronPython.Modules.Builtin.__import__
(__builtin__.cs:60)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'> 3. ReflectOpt.IronPython.Modules.Builtin.__import__
(source line information unavailable)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'> 4. IronPython.Objects.BuiltinFunction.Call
(BuiltinFunction.cs:101)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'> 5. IronPython.Objects.Ops.Call (Ops.cs:1423)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'> 6. IronPython.Objects.Importer.Import
(PythonModule.cs:151)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'> 7. IronPython.Objects.Ops.Import (Ops.cs:1864)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'> 8. input_2.Run (source line information unavailable)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'> 9. IronPython.Hosting.PythonEngine.DoOneInteractive
(PythonEngine.cs:278)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'> 10. IronPython.Hosting.PythonEngine.RunInteractive
(PythonEngine.cs:227)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'> 11. IronPythonConsole.PythonCommandLine.RunInteractive
(PythonCommandLine.cs:151)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'> 12. IronPythonConsole.PythonCommandLine.Main
(PythonCommandLine.cs:40)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>--Papanii</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <a
href="mailto:users-bounces@lists.ironpython.com" target="_blank">users-bounces@lists.ironpython.com</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:users-bounces@lists.ironpython.com" target="_blank">
users-bounces@lists.ironpython.com</a>] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Martin Maly<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, October 15, 2005
6:39 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Discussion
of IronPython</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [IronPython]
importing the os module</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:maroon'>You can either use the CPython libraries, or
instead of "os" use the "nt" module which IronPython
contains.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=maroon face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:maroon'>Martin</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <a
href="mailto:users-bounces@lists.ironpython.com" target="_blank">users-bounces@lists.ironpython.com</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:users-bounces@lists.ironpython.com" target="_blank">
users-bounces@lists.ironpython.com</a>] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Papanii Okai<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, October 15, 2005
12:19 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <a
href="mailto:users@lists.ironpython.com" target="_blank">users@lists.ironpython.com</a><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [IronPython] importing
the os module</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hi
Guys,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
I was testing out Iron Python and I was trying to test out the OS module but I
got the error ..</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:red'>TraceBack (most recent call last)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:red'>
At <shell></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:red'>ImportError: No module named os..</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Obviously
it doesn't exist. Thus is there any means to get around this? </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thank
you</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>--Papanii</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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