On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 7:02 PM, Robert Kern <robert.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2009-10-31 18:51 PM, Peng Yu wrote: >> >> If I have both the directory 'module' and the file 'module.py' in a >> directory in $PYTHONPATH, python will import 'module' rather than >> 'module.py'. I'm wondering what is the design rationale of setting >> higher priorities to directories. Is there a way to reverse the >> priority? > > You mean that you have a package "module/"? With an __init__.py? Plain > directories that aren't packages shouldn't be imported by Python.
Yes. I mean a pakcage 'module/' with an __init__.py. > No, you can't reverse the priority between packages and modules. I'm not > sure why that would help you. The package would then be inaccessible if you > did. If it's inaccessible, then why have it at all? Why the package 'module' has to be inaccessible? I can 'import module.part1' to access the component of the package. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
