OK Peter, first of all thanks. You seem to be German and although I leave in the states, I'm French and your english is clearly far more advanced than mine: I have yet to understand a few of your comments ;-)
> Care to provide the traceback? Traceback (most recent call last): File "SC_Shell.py", line 1095, in ? l_d = SC_Shell() File "SC_Shell.py", line 326, in __init__ self.__Make_Menu_Area() File "SC_Shell.py", line 828, in __Make_Menu_Area l = inspect.getmembers(eval(c)) File "<string>", line 0, in ? NameError: name 'BC' is not defined > What happened in lines 1 through 22? My guess would be just import inspect and after that .... QUID ? Thanks and regards, Philippe Peter Otten wrote: > Philippe C. Martin wrote: > >> l = inspect.getmembers(eval('BC')) #THIS CRASHES - the class exists > > Care to provide the traceback? > >> In [23]:from SC.CARDS.BC import * >> >> In [24]:l = inspect.getmembers(eval('BC')) > > What happened in lines 1 through 22? My guess would be > > In [13]:from SC.CARDS import * > > Be that as is may, eval("BC") can be simplified to BC, > > from module import * > > is the last roadhouse en route to chaos and an unqualified > > try ... except > > shows you are willing to drive with defunct brakes. By introducing exec > and eval() you are throwing the steering wheel out of the window. > > Seriously, try to make do with __import__() and getattr() to clean up your > code a bit. > > Driving-analogies-well-beyond-the-abyss-ly yours > Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list