Hi all,
I have a need to create a Python script on the fly from another Python
program and then execute the script so created. Do I need to invoke
Python through os.spawnl or is there a better way?
Thanks,
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John 10 2183
Am Tue, 08 Nov 2005 08:10:25 -0800 schrieb John Henry: Hi all,
I have a need to create a Python script on the fly from another Python program and then execute the script so created. Do I need to invoke Python through os.spawnl or is there a better way?
Hi,
creating source code with a script, is no good solution.
Once I had to maintain lisp code which stored its data in lisp code, too
(incl. conditions and loops). It was a nightmare.
Please explain what you want to do, and we will find a better solution.
HTH,
Thomas
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In article <pa****************************@thomas-guettler.de>,
Thomas Guettler <ni**************@thomas-guettler.de> wrote:
John Henry wrote: Hi all,
I have a need to create a Python script on the fly from another Python program and then execute the script so created. Do I need to invoke Python through os.spawnl or is there a better way?
Could you import the generated script? This might be the way to go if,
e.g., you're generating a "template" configuration file that might
subsequently be edited by a human being.
John Henry wrote: Hi all,
I have a need to create a Python script on the fly from another Python program and then execute the script so created. Do I need to invoke Python through os.spawnl or is there a better way?
When doing something similar to this I used the built-in 'execfile()'
function to execute the code created (and retrieve its results).
Cameron Laird wrote:Once I had to maintain lisp code which stored its data in lisp code, too (incl. conditions and loops). It was a nightmare.
This is exactly what my Python program does, but I've found it to be a
very powerful and useful technique while remaining relatively easy to
maintain (the generated code doesn't contain any conditionals or loops,
however). Another nice by-product is that the data stored this way is
portable to different platforms.
-Martin cl****@lairds.us (Cameron Laird) writes: In article <pa****************************@thomas-guettler.de>, Thomas Guettler <ni**************@thomas-guettler.de> wrote:creating source code with a script, is no good solution. Once I had to maintain lisp code which stored its data in lisp code, too (incl. conditions and loops). It was a nightmare. Yes and no. There are times when it's justified. I ENTIRELY agree, though, that many people who *think* that's what they want to do simply don't understand how dynamic base Python is, and therefore don't realize how much easier it can be to write a single, unified application.
Yup. Python can do a lot of things directly that other languages might
solve with code that writes code. However, that's a *very* powerful
technic, and not everything it does can be done with lesser tools. On
the other hand, it's a *very* powerful technic, and abusing it can
easilyi create unmaintainable code.
At this point, 'twould be appropriate to describe an instance or two in which code generation is a good idea. While I have some, they're tedious to make clear. Maybe I'll do so in a follow-up ...
Since Cameron didn't provide examples, let me grab a simple one. The
cheetah templating system works by creating Python programs from the
template. The programs, when run, output the "filled in" template. The
templates are generally more maintainable than the raw python - even
if you cleaned up all the things Cheetah does to make writing
templates easier. This model makes it possible for Cheetah templates
use inheritance - they can inherit from each other, from python
classes, and python classes can inherit from them.
<mike
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In article <86************@bhuda.mired.org>, Mike Meyer <mw*@mired.org> wrote:
I also think something along the lines of execfile() may serve the
original poster. There was a thread last month about compile()
and exec() with a concise example from Fredrik Lundh.
Google "Changing an AST" in this group.
With dynamically generated code I prefer the separate compile()
step so that I can catch the compile exceptions separately. cl****@lairds.us (Cameron Laird) writes: I'll rein myself in and suggest an even easier introduction to this subject: configuration files. RARELY is the correct answer to create a new syntax, although many development organizations give the impression that's their first choice. ".ini"-speak is a safe-enough choice. Most interesting, though, is to interpret Python or some subset as a configu- ration specification, so that one has immediately not just HOME = "/some/folder" STEP_LIMIT = 16 but pool_size = cpu_count * 30 and even if today == "Sunday": total_process_maximum = 8 available in the configuration language. Neat, eh?
I once carried this a step further, and used methodless classes as a
configuration mechanism:
class PlainFoo:
# Values for a plain foo
class FancyFoo(PlainFoo):
# Overrides for just the things that are different
The program that used this created needed lots of objects, in a
variety of different flavers that were literally specified as "Just
like PlainFoo, but with ...". Doing it this way made configuring
things trivial.
At the time, I attached "configuration variables" to instances. If I
were going to do it today, I'd look into making the parent classes of
the class that implements Foo dynanmic.
plwm (an X11 window manager - sort of - built in top of python-xlib)
carries this another step further. You configure your window manager
by creating a subclass of the WindowManager (or other) class that
mixes in the features you want, and sets the attributes to control
specific features.
It's very flexible - but at this point, the "configuration file" is a
Python program, and not really suitable to use by non-programmers.
But if configuration is *that* powerful, then it can also do great damage. How does one make Python interpretation safe? That's a subject for another day.
We're all waiting for this, somewhat impatiently :-).
<mike
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In article <86************@bhuda.mired.org>, Mike Meyer <mw*@mired.org> wrote:
Cameron Laird wrote:
.... I should make that explicit: application developers, you don't have to tell customers everything your programs do. Your obligation is to make 'em meet requirements. If it helps *you* that they do more, so be it.
I'd agree with the proviso that you at least inform your
customer if you are creating a security hole.
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