Re: Conversion: execfile --> exec

From	MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	Re: Conversion: execfile --> exec
Date	2016-06-13 15:11 +0100
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On 2016-06-13 14:24, Long Yang wrote:
> The python 2.x command is as following:
> ---------------------------
> info = {}
> execfile(join('chaco', '__init__.py'), info)
> ------------------------------
>
> But execfile has been removed in python 3.x.
> So my problem is how to convert the above to a 3.x based command?
>
> thanks very much
>
Open the file and pass it to exec:

info = {}
with open(join('chaco', '__init__.py')) as file:
     exec(file.read(), info)

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Re: Conversion: execfile --> exec MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2016-06-13 15:11 +0100
  Re: Conversion: execfile --> exec Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-06-13 07:31 -0700
    Re: Conversion: execfile --> exec Michael Selik <michael.selik@gmail.com> - 2016-06-13 17:18 +0000
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