[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi, why does
>
>>>> import compiler
>>>> compileFile("foo.py")
>
> complain name 'compileFile' not defined.
Probably because it's not ?
import <modulename> imports the name <modulename> in the current
namespace. Then <modulename> let you access all the names defined in
<modulename> namespace. So in you're case, it should be:
>>>> import compiler
>>>> compiler.compileFile("foo.py")
> But
>
>>> >from compiler import *
>
> works.
"from <modulename> import <somename>" directly loads <somename> into the
current namespace. The 'import *' loads all public names from
<modulename>. And FWIW it's usually considered bad style (potential
name clash, and can makes hard to tell where a name is defined...)
HTH
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