On Wed, 17 May 2017 05:14 pm, Terry Reedy wrote: > On 5/17/2017 2:04 AM, jeanbigbo...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Question: Is there a solution to this "turn a string into the module it >> represents" problem? > > Built-in function __import__
Like all dunders, __import__ is intended for the interpreter's use. In modern Python, the way to import a module by name is: import importlib module = importlib.import_module("name") -- Steve Emoji: a small, fuzzy, indistinct picture used to replace a clear and perfectly comprehensible word. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list