On Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:56:43 AM UTC-8, Peter Otten wrote: > crs...@gmail.com wrote: > > > I'm new to Python but have experience with a few other programming > > languages(Java, Perl, JavaScript). > > > > I'm using Python 2.7.2 and I'm trying to create and write to a file (.py) > > a python class and functions from python. I will also need to later read > > and edit the file. I realize I could just write strings using the > > available string and file writing methods but suspect there is a better > > way than that. > > > > I have read about pickle, ast, and Django; searched this group and the web > > but haven't found a solution that seems to fit. Any suggestion? > > Due to Python's dynamic nature it is rarely necessary to generate Python > code. What are you actually trying to achieve?
I'm trying to generate the script file that will launch a PythonCard resource file. very basic example from the documentation. #!/usr/bin/python """ __version__ = "$Revision: 1.10 $" __date__ = "$Date: 2004/04/24 22:13:31 $" """ from PythonCard import model class Minimal(model.Background): pass if __name__ == '__main__': app = model.Application(Minimal) app.MainLoop() -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list