exec / execfile namespace problem

[Karan Vasudeva]

Thanks a lot for the advice. I guess since I do know what the code
is doing, I really should structure it that way.

Thanks, y'all.
Karan.

In article <1270182562-5943662 at hypernet.com>,
  gmcm at hypernet.com wrote:
> Karan Vasudeva has problems with exec:
>
> > .... my
> > problem is, when i call my script from another script (by doing
> > an exec, thats what i need to do, you see), the interpreter stops
> > at httplib.py as it can't find that socket called self.sock .
> > This appears to be a namespace issue. I just want to know how to
> > do this right.
>
> exec is pretty much only used when you don't know what
> you'll be running at the time you wrote it. If you know what
> you're running at the time you write it, there's no reason to use
> exec. You probably just want:
>
>   import cool
>
> and maybe:
>   cool.main(args)
>
> Many python scripts have the form:
> -----------------
> def main():
>   # whatever
>
> def otherthing():
>   # stuff used by main, or usable by others
>
> if __name__ == '__main__':
>   main() # if invoked as a script, run main()
> ---------------------------------
>
> Then they can run as the top level script, or they can be
> imported, and any functions, classes etc. used by the
> importer.
>
> - Gordon
>
>


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