dynamically generating a module

[Delaney, Timothy]

> From: Steven D. Majewski [mailto:sdm7g at Virginia.EDU]
> 
> On 13 Nov 2001, Hung Jung Lu wrote:
> 
> > Here is one more challenge: is it possible to create a module on the
> > fly?
> > 
> > Suppose I have the ASCII Python source code of a 
> module-to-be, or even
> > better, suppose that I have the compiled byte code of a 
> module-to-be,
> > stored in a Python string. Is there a simple way (meaning 
> not tweaking
> > at C++ level) of making the module-to-be into a real module, without
> > hitting the harddrive?
> 
> Sure: all you have to do is create an empty module and exec the code
> in that modules namespace:

Another useful possibility is to stick a class instance into sys.modules.

class NewModule:

    a = 1
    b = 2

    def func (self, a):
        """"""
        return a

import sys
sys.modules['newmodule'] = NewModule()

import newmodule

print newmodule.a
print newmodule.b
print newmodule.func(5)

Tim Delaney