[C++-sig] import module from string

[Stefan Seefeld]

Hans Meine wrote:
> On Thursday 22 February 2007, Stefan Seefeld wrote:
>>> In my c++ code I need to run a function from python module, but I have
>>> only a string with module body.
>>>
>>> Of course, I can save the module body into temporary file, use
>>> PyImport_Import, [...]
>> bpl::object module = bpl::import("your_module");
>> bpl::dict dict(module.attr("__dict__"));
>> bpl::object function = dict["your_function"];
>> function();
> 
> If I understood the question correctly, he does not want to import a module, 
> but he wants to execute code from a string which defines a function, 
> *without* writing that string to disk for the above to work.

Ah, so I was misled by the use of 'module' in the OP.
In that case, boost::python::exec() should do the job.
(Sorry, can't paste a link to an example, as sourceforge appears to be down
right now :-( )


HTH,
		Stefan


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