Question about namespaces and import. How to avoid calling os.system

[Patricia J. Hawkins]

>>>>> "PN" == Pekka Niiranen <pekka.niiranen at wlanmail.com> writes:

PN> Hi there,
PN> I have two scripts. The first "main.py" sets some variables
PN> and then imports another called "gen.py". The idea is to
PN> provide "main.py" that defines some paths, variables etc.
PN> without using Windows environment variables. Various other "hackers"
PN> will make additional Python scripts (subroutines) like "gen.py"
PN> that utilize variables set by the "main.py" and which "main.py" calls.
PN> I can do this with "subprocess" module by setting its env -variable
PN> but I try to avoid calling shell. How can I merge temporary
PN> the namespaces of the two modules?

The built-in execfile should do the trick.

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Patricia J. Hawkins
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