Question

I’ve got a problem trying to get python to accept an import ‘globally’

In a module it needs to import another module depending on another variable but it doesn’t seem to import it into all of the module functions if i have it in the start function; for example:

def start():
    selected = "web"
    exec("from gui import " + selected + " as ui")
    log("going to start gui " + selected)
    ui.start()

this works but in the same module:

def close():
    ui.stop()

doesn’t work. i don’t know what’s going on here

Joe

Answer 1

import gui
ui = None

def start():
  selected = "web"
  log("going to start gui " + selected)
  global ui
  __import__("gui.%s" % selected) # if you're importing a submodule that
                                  # may not have been imported yet
  ui = getattr(gui, selected)
  ui.start()