On Feb 29, 12:16 am, "Gabriel Genellina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > En Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:00:08 -0200, Dr. Rüdiger Kupper > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > > > > I'd be grateful for help with a problem of package and module > > namespaces. The behaviour I observe is unexpected (to me), and I > > couldn't find the answer in the docs, the tutorial, or the mailing > > list archive. So here we go: > > > I have a package named 'pack'. Apart from the '__init__.py' file the > > directory contains two modules 'x.py' and 'y.py': > > > pack/ > > __init__.py > > x.py > > y.py > > > ==== __init__.py ==== > > print "pack: Here is pack." > > print "pack: I now assign y='hello'." > > y="hello" > > print "pack: My y is now:", repr(y) > > print "pack: I now 'import x' which in turn does 'import y as q'." > > import x > > print "pack: My y is now:", repr(y) > > print "pack: Why?" > > ===================== > > > ==== x.py =========== > > print ' x: Here is x.' > > print " x: I now 'import y as q'." > > import y as q > > ===================== > > > ==== y.py =========== > > print ' y: Here is y.' > > ===================== > > Looks like a bug to me - or perhaps someone who actually understands how > import works could explain it?
Say: pack/ __init__.py x.py importing x in any manner will automatically load pack and put x in pack's namespace. Try: from pack import x as foo sys.modules['pack'].x This explain the behaviour observed by the OP. AFAIK it is not a bug. The tutoria hints at this without going into too much detail. -- Arnaud -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
