[embed] PyImport_Import cannot find xml.py

[Trung Hoang]

I've located the problem down to this. i have a file "xml.py" which has a
function "getProjects()" which i would like to access from c. In the
interpreter i execute the following commands:

    Python 2.1.2 (#2, Jan 18 2002, 11:23:35)
    [GCC 2.95.2 19991024 (release)] on sunos5
    Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
    >>> modname = "xml"
    >>> mod = __import__(modname)
    >>> mod
    <module 'xml' from 'xml.py'>
    >>>

so that says that the module is locatable by the interpreter. but when i
compile and run the following program:

    #include <Py/Python.h>

    int main (int argc, char *argv[]) {
            // declare variables
            PyObject *modname = NULL;
            PyObject *mod = NULL;

            // init
            Py_Initialize();

            modname = PyString_FromString("xml");
            mod = PyImport_Import(modname);
            if (mod == NULL) printf("mod is null\n");

            Py_XDECREF(mod);
            Py_XDECREF(modname);
            Py_Exit(0);
    }

it prints out "mod is null" meaning it cant find the module.

Does anyone have a working example of Pure Embedding? It's for my personal
private project - for fun, supposedly, well before it was, not my
assignment.

Please :(
Cheeeeeeeeeeers

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Trung Hoang
Final year Undergraduate of Computer Science and Technology
University of Sydney, Australia.