python modules as user configuration files
Alex Martelli
aleaxit at yahoo.com
Fri Apr 6 05:59:37 EDT 2001
"Robin Thomas" <robin.thomas at starmedia.net> wrote in message
news:mailman.986503148.3570.python-list at python.org...
[snip]
> I would recommend not using "import", which would actually install the
> module in sys.modules and possibly screw up imports of other, legitimate
> modules you have created. Also, importing from a fullpath is not very
> straightforward.
I agree that execfile looks like a better match for the original
poster's needs (except it may need the ```exec "pass"''' kludge
to use it inside a function, as another thread just mentioned),
but "importing from a fullpath" isn't all that hard, I think.
Something like the following might suffice, I believe:
def importFullpath(path, modname):
import imp
try: found = imp.find_module(modname, [path])
except: return None
try: return imp.load_module(modname, *found)
finally: file.close()
Alex
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