REMOTE_HOST = 'localhost' REMOTE_PORT = 20000 try: from .settings import * except ImportError: pass This works? If you're using an old version of Python you may need to mess about with __future__.
On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 10:56 PM, Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckha...@dominolaser.com> wrote: > Hi! > > I have a few tests that require a network connection. Typically, the target > will be localhost on port 20000. However, sometimes these settings differ, > so I want to be able to optionally set them. > > What I'm currently doing is this: > > try: > from settings import REMOTE_HOST, REMOTE_PORT > except ImportError: > REMOTE_HOST = 'localhost' > REMOTE_PORT = 20000 > > This works fine. However, there are actually a few more settings that can be > overridden, so I changed the whole thing to this: > > try: > from settings import * > if not 'REMOTE_HOST' in locals(): > REMOTE_HOST = 'localhost' > if not 'REMOTE_PORT' in locals(): > REMOTE_PORT = 20000 > except ImportError: > REMOTE_HOST = 'localhost' > REMOTE_PORT = 20000 > > Yes, wildcard imports are dangerous, but that's something I don't mind > actually, this is an internal tool for clueful users. Still, this is ugly, > since the defaults are stored redundantly, so I went to this variant: > > REMOTE_HOST = 'localhost' > REMOTE_PORT = 20000 > try: > from settings import * > except ImportError: > pass > > Now, in order to avoid ambiguities, I thought about using relative imports, > but there I'm stomped because wildcard imports are not supported for > relative imports, it seems. > > > How would you do it? Any other suggestions? > > Cheers! > > Uli > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
