On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 14:19:13 -0700, ncf wrote:
> I have a feeling that this is highly unlikely, but does anyone in here
> know if it's possible to directly call a module, or will I have to wrap
> it up in a class?
Why not try it yourself? Write a quick module like this:
"""Call a module"""
def __call__():
return "Thank you for calling."
then try to call it from an interactive session:
py> import caller
py> caller()
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
TypeError: 'module' object is not callable
With things this simple, you learn more from doing than from asking.
A better question is, if a module object has a __call__ method, shouldn't
it *be* callable? That would let you write a script, put the normal Python
idiom at the end:
if __name__ == "__main__":
__call__(sys.argv) # instead of "main()"
No major benefit there, we've just changed main to __call__. But
then you can call the script as a stand-alone piece of code from within
Python:
import script
result = script(my_args)
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