Module imputil


Import utilities

Exported classes:
    ImportManager   Manage the import process

    Importer        Base class for replacing standard import functions
    BuiltinImporter Emulate the import mechanism for builtin and frozen modules

    DynLoadSuffixImporter

Classes

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ImportManager
Manage the import process.

Importer
Base class for replacing standard import functions.

BuiltinImporter

_FilesystemImporter

DynLoadSuffixImporter

Functions

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_compile(pathname, timestamp)
Compile (and cache) a Python source file.

_os_bootstrap()
Set up 'os' module replacement functions for use during import bootstrap.

_os_path_isdir(pathname)
Local replacement for os.path.isdir().

_timestamp(pathname)
Return the file modification time as a Long.

py_suffix_importer(filename, finfo, fqname)

_print_importers()

_test_revamp()

Variables

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_suffix_char = 'c'

_suffix = '.pyc'

_os_path_join = None

_os_stat = None

Imports: imp, sys, __builtin__, struct, marshal, _StringType, _ModuleType

Function Details

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_compile(pathname, timestamp)

Compile (and cache) a Python source file.

The file specified by <pathname> is compiled to a code object and returned.

Presuming the appropriate privileges exist, the bytecodes will be saved back to the filesystem for future imports. The source file's modification timestamp must be provided as a Long value.