includes on an exec?

[Brent Turner]

"berklee just berklee" <berklee(@)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<Q5Slb.32930$Ol.654252 at read1.cgocable.net>...
> I want to run a code module by loading the code as any other text file, and
> then calling exec() on its contents.
> 
> For some reason, Python doesn't seem to find the includes that are
> referenced in the script being called.
> 
> I tried dropping it into the Python 'lib' folder, and in the same folder as
> my script, neither seems to work?
> 
> Any suggestions?

Here is some code that I use:

# class for compiling and using python code (Text)
class PyCode:
	def __init__(self):
		self.code = None
		self.module = None

	# compile module from file
	def fromFile(self, filename):
		f = open(filename, 'r')
		text = f.read()
		f.close()
		return self.CompileModule(GetFilenameBase(filename), text)

	# compile to a module (with name moduleName) from text (code)
	def CompileModule(self,moduleName, text):
		# remove all cariage returns (compile does not like it)
		text = string.replace(text, '\r', '')

		# make sure there is a line feed at the end
		# compile does not like it if there is not
		if text and text[-1] != '\n':
			text += '\n'
		co = compile(text, '', 'exec')

		# create a new module and exec the code object into the dict
		import imp
		codeModule = imp.new_module(moduleName)
		exec co in codeModule.__dict__
		return codeModule

	# clear the compiled code
	def SetCode(self, code, bCheckDiff = 1):
		code = string.strip(code)
		if (bCheckDiff and code != self.code) or not bCheckDiff:
			self.code = code
			if self.code:
				self.module = self.CompileModule('CodeEdit', self.code)
			else:
				self.module = None

	# exec code in the module
	def execCode(self, code_str):
		exec code_str in self.module.__dict__


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to Use:
pc = PyCode()
module = pc.fromFile('Test.py')
# now module should act as any other module object

Hope this Helps,
Brent