Loading a module by expanding a string variable?

[Joakim Hove]

"Fredrik Lundh" <effbot at telia.com> writes:


> if you trust whoever sets the module variable, and don't mind
> compiling code on the fly, you can also use exec:
> 
>     exec "from %s import *" % module

This did the trick - thanks a lot.

> (if you don't trust the source, consider what happens if module is
> set to e.g "os import *; system('rm -rf $HOME') #")

I write the modules myself - so I guess I have to trust the source -
but thanks for the warning anyway.

Joakim

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