[IronPython] Silverlight, cannot import os module?

[Michael Foord]

Dan Eloff wrote:
> I've added os.py and ntpath.py to my .xap, but the trouble is os uses
> sys.builtin_module_names to detect platform, and there is no platform
> specific module in there for silverlight.
>
> Maybe it is os.py (using CPython 2.5 version) that needs to be changed
> to support a silverlight platform? Or to stop throwing when no
> platform detected?
>
> Or maybe IronPython should have a minimal or empty nt builtin module
> for silverlight, since probably that's the closest to the desired
> behavior.
>
> Surely somebody else has come across this? I'm going to hack os.py for
> now to allow me to continue past this.
>   

Out of interest - what features of os do you want to use?

You could post a bug on the Python tracker that os.py fails to import on 
platforms with no 'platform' (and mention that it is in SIlverlight). A 
patch would be good too.

Michael Foord
http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/

> Thanks,
> -Dan
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