On Jul 27, 7:21 pm, Alex Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Kevin T. Ryan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote innews:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > > > Hi All - > > > I'm having a problem and I hope you can help. I can't seem to import > > packages from within the package substructure as I think I should be > > able to. For example, I create a directory structure as follows: > > > testpkg > > __init__.py [empty] > > testsub1/ > > __init__.py [empty] > > bad.py [import testpkg.testsub2.good; print "hello from bad"] <- > > error > > testsub2/ > > __init__.py [empty] > > good.py [print "hello from good"] > > > Whenever I try to run bad.py (just python bad.py from within the > > testsub2 subdirectory or from above the testpkg directory) I get an > > error. For example: > > > $ python testpkg/testsub1/bad.py > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "testpkg/testsub1/bad.py", line 1, in <modul > > import testpkg.testsub2.good > > ImportError: No module named testpkg.testsub2.good > > > How can I get my subpackages to recognize other subpackages in the > > same top-level package? Thanks in advance!! > > > Kevin > > When executing bad.py python will be looking for imported module (in the > standard path) and then in your current directory (so to find it you > should have testsub1/testpkg/testsub2). You can solve this by adding > your toplevel director (the parent of testpkg) to the PYTHONPATH. > > bests, > ./alex > -- > .w( the_mindstorm )p.
Ok, thanks. I was under the impression that this wouldn't be necessary (eg, see http://docs.python.org/tut/node8.html#SECTION008420000000000000000), but perhaps I was wrong. Thanks again for the advice :) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
