Re: [pygame] From * import * and Pygame2exe

[andrew baker <failrate@xxxxxxxxx>]

> > It was my understanding that using "from" would place those values in
> > the local namespace, and not increase in size unless I introduce new
> > variables.
> 
> Yes, it imports the vars into your local namespace, but the module will also
> hang around in the sys.modules namespace.

Ah, that makes sense.  I'm a bit annoyed, but I'm sure it's for a good reason.
 
> If the module's been compiled, then the module
> import will be faster (it still has to exec, but the compilation is done).
> You can mimic this by using the marshal module (which exists to write
> compiled modules).

That's another thing I was thinking, was generating pyc files and
exec'ing them.  This would also make cheating by looking at the room
data somewhat less trivial.

-- 
Andrew Ulysses Baker
"failrate"