Dynamically importing Python module

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It looks like this should do the trick: importing a dynamically generated module

>>> import imp
>>> foo = imp.new_module("foo")
>>> foo_code = """
... class Foo:
...     pass
... """
>>> exec foo_code in foo.__dict__
>>> foo.Foo.__module__
'foo'
>>>

Also, as suggested in the ActiveState article, you might want to add your new module to sys.modules:

>>> import sys
>>> sys.modules["foo"] = foo
>>> from foo import Foo
<class 'Foo' …>
>>>

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