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Is it possible to pass CSV Reader Object As Argument to another Python File ???

Ethan Furman ethan at stoneleaf.us
Wed Jan 26 18:25:17 EST 2011 
bansi wrote:
 > First namelookupWrapper.py running under Python 2.6 accept arguments
 > from stdin and uses csv reader object to read it i.e.
 > r=csv.reader(sys.stdin)
 >
 > And then it has to pass csv reader object to another python script
 > namelookup.py running under Python 2.7 because it uses pyodbc to
 > connect to database and iterates thru reader object

Ben Finney wrote:
> bansi <mail2bansi at gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> Thanks Chris. Sorry for mis-communicating, the two python scripts are
>> dependant in a way that namelookupWrapper.py needs to pass csv record
>> object to another python script
> 
> Why have you structured them that way, though? What constraint is
> keeping you from doing the work in a single process, where the CSV
> reader object can be shared?
> 
>> If thats not possible then please let me know how to do the workaround
>> i didnt understood the import thing and not sure if it helps in my
>> case
> 
> The problem as you've described it so far is best solved by having a
> single process accessing the CSV reader object in memory. If that
> doesn't suit your use case, you'll need to explain why not.
> 


In other words, why can't you use Python 2.7 to accept input and 
generate a csv.reader?

~Ethan~
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