> I need to be able to control loads of compiled and dynamic-load (as
> well as normal source) files, in order to implement an extension to
> the python import statement. Is there a way to do so that i'm
> missing?
>
> In particular, i need to load the files with respect to specific
> environment bindings, which i do not seem to be able to control using
> the new 'imp' module's '.load_compiled()' and '.load_dynamic()'. Is
> there any way from within python to read in a compiled or dynamic-load
> file and execute it, wrt a particular binding environment?
For "normal source" (.py) & .pyc files you can use __builtin__.execfile
execfile( pathname, global_dict, local_dict )
[ And I expect now, optionally a builtin_dict, although I haven't tried
it yet. This (execfile) is not documented in the hypertext docs (I think);
I haven't printed out the 1.2 beta docs yet - is it in there ? ]
- or just read in the string ( text or byte-code ) and 'exec' it with
the dictionary that provides the proper context.
BUT: for compiled dynamic-loadable modules ? Hmmm...
I don't think there is a general mechanism. The compiled module
would probably require some hooks to allow this. This will take
some thought!
Can you give me a specific example or scenario ?
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