Using sticky tape to pass code to external engine

[PMLP-novo]

I want to be able to compile a python module down to a string, that can be passed along with arguments to an external engine which then loads the module and runs the run function with the arguments.

So my basic test is if the following is posible:

import stickytape
def test(*args, **kwargs):raise ImportError("No test function loaded")
source_code = stickytape.script("stickytape_test/__init__.py")
exec(source_code)
assert test("test") == "test"

# stickytape_test/__init__.py
from .core import *

# stickytape_test/core.py
def test(out):
     return out

I get a
NameError: name '__stickytape_working_dir' is not defined

Any suggestions on how to do something like this?

[mwilliamson]

This isn't really stickytape's intended use-case, so I wouldn't suggest using it in this way.