Hi again,
Steve-
I'm trying to use python to model reliability. Basically, I want to
read an XML file in that defines a bunch of variables, that are then
accessible from the python interpreter. For example:
import reliability
reliability.read_xml("c:\\somefile.xml") #<== defines x1, x2, x3
result = x1+x2+x3
This tool will be used by people who are not necessarily coders and I
don't want them to have to deal with passing global namespaces etc.
Duncan-
I like your idea; however, I don't want the user to actually have to
know the structure of the xml file, so I don't think I can do it this
way. There might be 3, 4 or 1000 variables that the function needs to
create.
Any other ideas? What clever technical ways have been used? I know I
can just have the function add the variables to the global namespace of
the module and then access them like
reliability.x1
or in a dict or something, but I think this might confuse some of my
potential users who aren't familiar with Object Oriented programming
(think electrical engineers who still code in Fortran).
Thanks,
Justin
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