New submission from Ixio <ekt...@gmx.com>:
I've been trying to do a double dot import without success, I've tried going back to the official documentation in order to figure it out however even the example shown does not work. Official example : https://docs.python.org/3/reference/import.html#package-relative-imports The following instructions mimic pretty well the doc example : ```bash mkdir package cd package touch __init__.py mkdir subpackage1 touch subpackage1/__init__.py mkdir subpackage2 touch subpackage2/__init__.py echo "eggs = 42" > subpackage2/moduleZ.py echo "from ..subpackage2.moduleZ import eggs" > subpackage1/moduleX.py python subpackage1/moduleX.py cd subpackage1 python moduleX.py cd .. echo "from subpackage1 import moduleX" > moduleA.py python moduleA.py ``` However I get 3 times the following error : from ..subpackage2.moduleZ import eggs ImportError: attempted relative import beyond top-level package Even though the docs say "In [...] subpackage1/moduleX.py [...] the following are valid relative imports: [...] from ..subpackage2.moduleZ import eggs". I have no idea how to fix the doc as I would love to do "from ..subpackage2.moduleZ import eggs" from "subpackage1/moduleX.py" since that's the structure I'm trying to set up for a Python project of mine but obviously it does not seem to work. My system uses Python 3.9 and I've used Docker to try this scenario on Python 3.8, 3.5 and even 3.2: it does not work either. I've also tried on another machine and asked a friend to try, no luck. I'm hoping someone here can explain how double dot imports work and fix the documentation accordingly. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 385515 nosy: Ixio, brett.cannon, docs@python, eric.snow, ncoghlan priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Package Relative Imports - double dot doc example not working type: behavior versions: Python 3.9 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue43005> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
