Questions on importing and exec command.

[Adrian Eyre]

> [snip]
>
> -------- call1.py -------
> for i in range(5,9):
>     print i
>     startit(hold_time=i)
> ---------------------------
>
> [snip]
>
> console > import call1           # importing a code fragment causes
problems
> 5
> exceptions.NameError startit

Although the test2.py script is aware of call1.py, the reverse is not true.
In order to use the 'startit' function in call1.py, it must be in its
namespace.

You can either put:

from test2 import startit

at the top of call1.py, or pass a reference to the function through to the
call1 module.

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