calling python procedures from tcl using tclpython

[Jonathan Ellis]

Jeff Hobbs wrote:
> chand wrote:
> > can anyone help me how to provide the info about the python file
> > procedure in the tcl script which uses tclpython i.e., is there a way
> > to import that .py file procedure in the tcl script
>
> >>>currently I have wriiten this tcl code which is not working
> >>>
> >>>package require tclpython
> >>>set interpreter [python::interp new]
> >>>$interpreter eval {def test_function(): arg1,arg2} ;
> >>>python::interp delete $interpreter
>
> You would call 'import' in the python interpreter, like so:
> 	$interpreter eval { import testfile }
> assuming it's on the module search path.  Look in the python
> docs about Modules to get all the info you need.

Actually, both your import and the original "def" problem need to use
exec instead of eval.  Eval works with expressions; for statements you
need exec.

I blogged a brief example of tclpython over here:
http://spyced.blogspot.com/2005/06/tale-of-wiki-diff-implementation.html

-Jonathan