Multiple Files in Python

[bradcchs]

Since the release of the VSC extension our teams are excited about using Python for their bots. Does everything have to be in main.py or can they use multiple files? If not, is that capability coming soon?

Thanks!

[jpearman]

generally everything has to be in main.py, there are no plans to support multi file python projects, it’s not really anything to do with whether you are editing using VEXcode or VSCode, more to do with the brain it’s all running on. There is some minimal support for importing modules from the SD Card as I explain in this topic.

VEXcode V5 2.0.7 Python VM updates

The latest VEXcode release (2.0.7) did include an updated Python VM with a few new features. 1 - This release is based on micropython V1.13 we previously used 1.12, so several months worth of bug fixes to the core of the Python VM 2 - improved file support you can now use standard Python file IO. the open() function is supported. 3 - import of modules from SD Card an example of this.

import and file IO demo

# Library imports from vex import * # import functions from james.py on SD Card f…

[bradcchs]

Just had an idea…what if the VSC extension were to read all python files in the project and combine them into one just before uploading to the brain. Wouldn’t that work?

[jpearman]

you could probably accomplish that with a VSCode task/script. The extension wouldn’t know which files, what the order was etc. Python is not really for super complex projects (due to memory limitations, especially on IQ2 and EXP), for those move to C++.