__import__ woes

[Erik Max Francis]

Rich Davis wrote:

> When I try to "__import__" from the command-line like
> 
>  >>> __import__("test")
> <module 'test' from 'test.pyc'>
>  >>> test.doIt("test string")
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> NameError: name 'test' is not defined

Yes, this is expected behavior.  __import__ does not behave the same way
that the import statement does.  __import__ _returns_ the imported
module without inserting it anywhere in the namespace.

You want

	testModule = __import__('test')
	testModule.doIt(...)

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