[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi, why does
>
> >>> import compiler
> >>> compileFile("foo.py")
>
> complain name 'compileFile' not defined. But
>
> >>>from compiler import *
>
> works. Why? (I did read the tutorial, it seems to say "import module"
> should work.
>
> Thank you, Mark
I did some ascii art to show what happenss to your namespace as you
import from a module in a few ways. (You'll need to view this in a
NON-proportional font).
You say you've read the docs at: http://docs.python.org/tut/node8.html
or http://docs.python.org/ref/import.html
Heres my 'art':
module1.py:
O-----------------O
|moduleFunc1 |
|moduleClass1 |
| class1Method1 |
| class1Method2 |
|moduleFunc2 |
|moduleVar1 |
|moduleVar2 |
O-----------------O
# Empty namespace:
\-----------------/
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
/-----------------\
import module1
# namespace becomes:
\-------------------------/
|module1.moduleFunc1 |
|module1.moduleClass1: |
| class1Method1 |
| class1Method2 |
|module1.moduleFunc2 |
|module1.moduleVar1 |
|module1.moduleVar2 |
/------------------------\
from module1 import *
# namespace becomes:
\-----------------/
|moduleFunc1 |
|moduleClass1 |
| class1Method1 |
| class1Method2 |
|moduleFunc2 |
|moduleVar1 |
|moduleVar2 |
/-----------------\
from module1 import moduleFunc1, muduleVar2
# namespace becomes:
\-----------------/
|moduleFunc1 |
|moduleVar2 |
| |
/-----------------\
from module1 import moduleClass1 as C1
# namespace becomes
\-----------------/
|C1 | # C1 === module1.moduleClass1
| |
/-----------------\
- Paddy.
P.S. I'm playing with http://www.jave.de
The Java Ascii Versatile Editor.
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