On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:37:04 -0300, Gabriel Genellina wrote: > En Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:40:26 -0300, Steven D'Aprano > <st...@remove-this-cybersource.com.au> escribió: > >> I have a package which includes a module which shadows a module in the >> standard library. For example: >> >> package >> +-- __init__.py >> +-- ham.py >> +-- spam.py >> +-- sys.py >> >> Inside that package, I want to import the standard library sys. In >> other words, I want an absolute import. [...] What can I do in Python >> 2.4 to get an absolute import? > > sys = __import__("sys", {}) > > The import statement uses the global namespace to determine which > package it is called on; if you pass an empty namespace, it cannot infer > package information.
Oh that's very cunning! Nice trick. > Anyway, the best move would be to rename the offending module... I agree. But it's nice to know the work-around if I need it. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list