Hi all I need the ability to execute a function by parsing a string containing the full path to the function. The string is multi-dotted. The last element is the function name, the second-last is the name of the module containing the function, and the balance is the path to the module.
I have been using 'import imp', and then 'imp.find_module' and 'imp.load_module'. It works, but I noticed that it would reload the module if it was already loaded. As an alternative, I tried 'import importlib', and then 'importlib.import_module'. This also works, and does not reload the module. So my question is, is there any practical difference between the two approaches? What about 'There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it'? Frank Millman -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
