Dynamic/runtime code introspection/compilation

[Thomas W]

Maybe a stupid subject, but this is what I want to do :

I got some python code stored in a string:

somecode = """

from somemodule import ISomeInterface

class Foo(ISomeInterface):
param1 = ...
param2 = ....

"""

and I want to compile that code so that I can use the Foo-class and
check what class it extends, in this case ISomeInterface etc. I've
tried eval, codeop etc. but it doesn't work. Something like this would
be nice :

from somemodule import ISomeInteface

d = compile(sourcecode)

myfoo = d.Foo()

print ISomeInterface in myfoo.__bases__

Any hints?

 

[Fredrik Lundh]

from somemodule import ISomeInteface

d = compile(sourcecode)

myfoo = d.Foo()

print ISomeInterface in myfoo.__bases__

Any hints?

Python is a dynamic language, so compiling something won't tell you much
about what the code actually does. the only reliable way to do that is
to execute the code:

code = compile(sourcecode)
namespace = {}
exec code in namespace
print issubclass(namespace["Foo"])

</F>

 

[Leo Kislov]

Maybe a stupid subject, but this is what I want to do :

I got some python code stored in a string:

somecode = """

from somemodule import ISomeInterface

class Foo(ISomeInterface):
param1 = ...
param2 = ....

"""

and I want to compile that code so that I can use the Foo-class and
check what class it extends, in this case ISomeInterface etc. I've
tried eval, codeop etc. but it doesn't work. Something like this would
be nice :

from somemodule import ISomeInteface

d = compile(sourcecode)

myfoo = d.Foo()

print ISomeInterface in myfoo.__bases__

Any hints?

Here is hello world program for plugins:

import sys

somecode = """
class Foo:
param1 = "Hello, world!"
"""

plugin = type(sys)('unknown_plugin') # Create new empty module
exec somecode in plugin.__dict__

print plugin.Foo.param1

-- Leo

 

[Thomas W]

Great !!! That works like charm.

Thanks alot.

Thomas