from spam import eggs, spam at runtime, how?

[Paul Rubin]

Rene Pijlman <reply.in.the.newsgroup at my.address.is.invalid> writes:
> >Why not just stick the import statement where you need it?
> 
> Because I need a module from one of a number of different packages, at one
> specific point in my code.

I still don't understand why you don't want to use an exec statement
for this.  That's by far the most natural and understandable way to do it.