On Oct 31, 10:06 am, Frank Aune <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Is it possible writing custom modules named the same as modules in the > standard library, which in turn use the same module from the standard > library? > > Say I want my application to have a random.py module, which in turn must > import the standard library random.py module also, to get hold of the randint > function for example. > > My attempts so far only causes my random.py to import itself instead of the > standard library random.py > > Receipt for disaster? :) > > Regards, > Frank
Read up on absolute imports (In Python 2.5, from __future__ import absolute_imports) is required. You can load your random.py with import .random, which can import the standard lib with import random. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
