On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 9:43 AM, Noufal Ibrahim <nou...@nibrahim.net.in>wrote:
> Anand Chitipothu <anandol...@gmail.com> writes: > > [...] > > > Lets say you a python file x.py. > > You can import it just using "import x". > > > > If you have y/x.py, you would import it using "import y.x" or "from y > > import x". Here x is a submodule of y and y is also a module. But where > is > > the file for module y now? Since y is a folder, Python expects > > y/__init__.py for module y. That is a convention that Python uses. > > > > So to use a folder as a module you need add __init__.py to it. Got it? > > [...] > > Also, directories as modules are often called packages. > http://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/modules.html#packages > Not to be confused with python packages as packaged and distributed from a package index like https://pypi.python.org (ducks) - d _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
