[IronPython] Loading Python modules from Silverlight Isolated Storage

[Kenneth Miller]

All,

The problem is illustrated here:

This code will work properly:

http://paste.pocoo.org/show/90071/

This code produces an error:

http://paste.pocoo.org/show/90072/

Regards,
Ken

On Nov 4, 2008, at 4:42 AM, Michael Foord wrote:

> Kenneth Miller wrote:
>> It was proven to me that while exec might work for simple cases,  
>> more advanced usage (declaring a lambda function inside an exec)  
>> can be problematic. It was advised that I generate python modules  
>> and dynamically import them. If memory served me, it's not possible  
>> to import a module from a string object.
>>
> I have often generated (or loaded code into a string) and then  
> exec'd it into a module dict to create modules at runtime. It is a  
> relatively normal technique in Python.
>
> Michael
>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> - Ken
>>
>> On Nov 4, 2008, at 12:45 AM, "Curt Hagenlocher"  
>> <curt at hagenlocher.org <mailto:curt at hagenlocher.org>> wrote:
>>
>>> You should be able to do this all in-memory:
>>>
>>> >>> import sys
>>> >>> foo = type(sys)('foo')
>>> >>> sys.modules['foo'] = foo
>>> >>> exec 'a = 1' in foo.__dict__
>>> >>> foo.a
>>> 1
>>> >>>
>>>
>>> There's probably a better ("more Pythonic") way to do this, but  
>>> I'm sleepy...
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 11:40 PM, Kenneth Miller  
>>> <xkenneth at gmail.com <mailto:xkenneth at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>    All,
>>>
>>>      Is it possible to have python load modules from the silverlight
>>>    isolated storage? My app needs to dynamically generate and import
>>>    python code to run.
>>>
>>>    Regards,
>>>    Ken
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