Bo Peng wrote: > > here's an outline that matches your use case: > > > > if user wants command line: > > command line only > > else: > > if wxPython is available: > > prepare wx based GUI > > elif Tkinter is available: > > prepare tk based GUI > > else: > > command line only > > This is exactly the logic I use,... Eliminating all unrelated stuff, I > have something like (thanks for the imp hint): > > def wxGUI(): > import wx > wx... > > def tkGUI(): > import Tkinter as tk > tk.... > > def cml(): > command line > > def GUI(): > if options['cml']: > cml() > else: > if imp.find_module('wx'):
that imp call is completely unnecessary, and means that you'll scan the path *twice* for each module, instead of once. this is more efficient: try: wxGUI() except ImportError: try: tkGUI() except ImportError: cml() </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list