Importing a module without creating a .pyc/.pyo file?

[Michael Hudson]

"Thomas Heller" <thomas.heller at ion-tof.com> writes:

> Is it possible to import a module xxx.py without compiling it
> (implicitely) to .pyo/.pyc, or do I always have to delete the
> compiled file afterwards if it gets in the way?

Like Alex said, you could use imp, or you could just do it by hand

newm = new.module(name)
sys.modules[name] = newm
newm.__file__ = filepath
exec compile(open(filepath).read(), filepath, "exec") in \
        newm.__dict__

comes fairly close, I think.

Cheers,
M.

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