On Mar 12, 12:22 pm, mrstephengross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all. I've got a python file called 'foo' (no extension). I want to > be able to load it as a module, like so: > > m = __import__('foo') > > However, the interpreter tells me "No module named foo". If I rename > it foo.py, I can indeed import it. Is the extension required? Is there > any way to override that requirement?
You can use execfile: foo = {} execfile('foo', foo) Apart from the different syntax in accessing the module globals (attributes with __import__ (foo.x) vs dict entries with execfile (foo['x'])), there are probably more subtle differences but I can't tell for sure. It would be nice if someone more knowledgeable can compare and contrast these two appraches. George -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list