rs387 wrote: > I've found the following behaviour on importing a variable from a > module somewhat odd. The behaviour is identical in Python 2.5 and > 3.0b2. > > In summary, here's what happens. I have a module, oddmodule.py > (below), that defines a variable, OddVariable, by assigning a value A > to it. The file I execute, mainfile.py, imports and re-binds > OddVariable to a value B. I have two test modules which import the > OddVariable in two different ways, one via "import oddmodule" and > another via "from oddmodule import OddVariable". > > The weird behaviour is that by importing using the former syntax, I > can see OddVariable bound to B (as expected), but the latter syntax > sees it bound A. > > Is this the intended behaviour?
Yes. Think of from module import var as a shortcut for import module var = module.var del module This is not entirely correct as 'from package import module' implicitly imports 'module' but should explain the binding behaviour. Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
