[Numpy-discussion] py3k execfile('setup.py')

[Pauli Virtanen]

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:39:19 +0800, Ralf Gommers wrote:
> The execfile builtin has disappeared in python 3.x, so I'm trying to
> find another solution for the use of it in setupegg.py. So far I've
> tried

I'd do something like this in "setup.py":

  ...

+ if os.environ.get('USE_SETUPTOOLS'):
+     import setuptools
  from numpy.distutils.core import setup
  ...

And then 'setupegg.py' is trivial to write.

But no idea why it hangs, though. You could maybe also try 'import setup'

	Pauli