On 2006-01-11, Fredrik Lundh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Charles Krug wrote: > >> What I'd like is to do something like this: >> >> factoryFile = sys.argv[1] # we assume that argv[1] implements a >> # correct ThingMaker interface. > > sys.argv[1] is a string, so I assume that you meant to say that > the module named by argv[1] implements the correct interface.
Yes. > >> Anywho, my problem is with the whole Miracle thing. >> >> I've tried using __import__: >> >> a = 'HerFactory' >> __import(a) >> >> Which returns: >> >> <module 'HerFactory' from 'HerFactory.py'> > > try: > > factoryObject = __import__(factoryFile) > print dir(factoryObject) > Ah Ha! That's what comes of working from memory instead of letting the computer remember for me. >>> factoryFile = 'ThingMaker' >>> factoryObject = __import__(factoryFile) >>> print dir(factoryObject) ['MakeOtherThing', 'MakeThing', '__builtins__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__name__'] >>> factoryObject.MakeThing() I made a Thing! Wonderful! Exactly what I'm after, thanks. > this should give you a list of the functions in the given module, > or an ImportError if it doesn't exist. > Yes, that's what I was getting. Should have pasted that as well, but I was feeling grumpy and impatient. Thanx Charles -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
