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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>These are good suggstions. I have opened
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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>Kristof Wagemans<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, July 29, 2006 3:25
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'Discussion of IronPython'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [IronPython]
PythonEngine.Import()</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Is PythonEngine.Import() a hosting version of the python
import statement? It behaves differently and not all features of import are
(yet?) exposed.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> PythonEngine pe = new PythonEngine();</span></font></p>
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pe.LoadAssembly(Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(System.Data.DataSet)));</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> pe.Execute("import
System.Data"); // Adds System to pe.Globals. This is
what I would expect.</span></font></p>
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pe.Import("System.Data"); // Adds Data to
pe.Globals.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Is PythonEngine.LoadAssembly() a good name for the method?
It seems to behave more like clr.AddReferenceXYZ then clr.LoadAssemblyXYZ.
Also, clr.LoadAssembly loads and returns an assembly while
PythonEngine.LoadAssembly() takes an assembly as parameter and returns nothing.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The following code fails silently. Wouldn’t it be better to
throw an ImportError exception?</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> PythonEngine pe = new PythonEngine();</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> pe.Import("DoesntExist");</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
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