[Tutor] Trying to avoid using eval..

[Mitya Sirenef]

On 02/22/2013 09:11 PM, Rohit Mediratta wrote:
> Hi All,
 > I want to reload my Module after I fix bugs and want to instantiate 
an object of a class contained in this module.
 >
 > Heres the pseudo code of what I want to do:
 >
 > def rerun(testBlock) :
 > op = testBlock.split('.')
 > module = op[0] ; className = op[1]
 > reload(module)
 > # testBlock is a string, so it needs evaluation!
 > newObject = testBlock()
 >
 > rerun('ModuleName.className')
 >
 >
 > Obviously, line 4 and line 6 dont work today.
 > I want to know if there is any smart way to achieve this.
 > In my previous life (Tcl), I could use 'eval' or 'set' to achieve this.
 >
 >
 > thanks,
 > Rohit
 >
 >
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You can do:

module = __import__(module)


  -m


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