[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > Thanks for all the help. Thought I'd spend my newbie days right in the > Python shell (there's lots to test when you're just starting) but I > guess that's not going to happen. > > Everyone told me to get out of the Python shell, one way or another. > OK. But this means that every execution must first load Python, then > import my stuff. Import becoming a NOP after first use in the shell is > a six-legged feature, at best.
Being a Java-guy you might thing that starting a runtime environment is a costly operation. Trust me - with python it isn't. Starting the python runtime usually takes fractions of a second. If you want to work with the REPL (read/evaluate/print-loop), make sure you install rlcompleter2. Google for it - it makes working with the interpreter much easier. However, I also recommend you to use small scriptlets to test out things - I always have a shell open, and with alt-tab switch to it. Arrow-Up gives me the last commandline (e.g. python /tmp/test.py) - and then hitting return will execute it. This costs about 2-3 seconds, and spares me the troubles of misspellings in larger statements and the like. And some of the nastier aspects of reload (google for reload and my name to see a recent thread why I don't recommend it) Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
