Hi all, I'm quite new to python as I've only just started to learn about it a few days ago... I am trying to do something and after reading about it, I'm still not sure whether or not it can be done.
Basically, someone has created a python script and I would like to make use of his functions. I would prefer to not modify his file so what I would like to do is just write my script and import parts that are needed. i.e., I would like to separate my changes from his as best as I can. However, that other module has both functions (def's, which I would like to use) and top-level commands which I don't need and in fact, prints errors when I import it since it was meant to be run as a top-level module and not imported in. i.e., its expecting arguments to be supplied. For example, suppose I have a module test.py: ----- from test2 import foo foo() #import test2 #test2.foo() print "test says hello" ----- and test2.py: ----- def foo(): print "foo is being executed" print "test2 says hello" ----- and I would like to run "python test.py" without "test2 says hello" appearing. I figured "import test2" would not work, so I thought that maybe "from" would only take the functions listed, but no. In the end, it is just importing all of "test2" and then renaming it: foo = test2.foo . This isn't a very serious problem as I obviously have the source and can just copy the functions and attribute the original author (that's ok). But, it would be nice if I can make use of those functions without touching that file [test2.py in the above example]. Is this possible? Thank you! Ray -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list