FYI: Using python 2.6 on ubuntu 10, backward compatibilty to 2~ needed. Self-employed programmer 24 years. Python 9 years, part-time.
I'm not addressing an existing problem, but looking for ideas that might help me to do some upgrading (if needed). I'd like to solicit comments on the following methods for dynamically loading a module from an explicit file path. Code is all untested! ## 1 :: Go there and get it. import sys,os def my_import(module_name,path): cwd = os.getcwd() os.chdir(path) if sys.path[0] != "": sys.path.insert(0,"") module = __import__(module_name) os.chdir(cwd) return module ## 2 :: temporarily modify sys.path, no dir change import sys def my_import(module_name,path): sys_path = sys.path sys.path.insert(0,path) module = __import__(module_name) sys.path = sys_path return module ## 3 :: use the imp module import imp def my_import(module_name,path): fp, pathname, description = imp.find_module(module_name,[path]) module = imp.load_module(module_name, fp, pathname, description) return module TIA -- Tim tim at johnsons-web.com or akwebsoft.com http://www.akwebsoft.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list