Am Friday 07 May 2010 13:50:15 schrieb Jean-Michel Pichavant: > Richard Lamboj wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have a question about importing python modules. > > > > I have modul package, with submodules. So how can a submodul access a > > modul that is on level upper? > > > > Is there something like "import ../../blah"? I don't mean something like > > this: "import bla.blub.moep" > > > > Kind Regards, > > > > Richi > > I would advise to use absolute imports whenever possible (always ?). > If 'pkg' is your package, then module sub1 should import sub2 that way: > > file pkg/sub1.py: > > import pkg.sub2 > > > see http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0328/#rationale-for-relative-imports > > " the python-dev community chose absolute imports as the default because > they're the more common use case and because absolute imports can > provide all the functionality of relative (intra-package) imports -- > albeit at the cost of difficulty when renaming package pieces higher up > in the hierarchy or when moving one package inside another." > > You can still use relative import if you want, they've been implemented > for a purpose, but I woudl highly discourage the ambiguous relative > imports of python 2.4. > > JM
Hello, I always use absolute imports, but sometimes i does not work. I got: ImportError: No module named mail. When i import it from top of the module it works. If i import it from a level down, it works not always - strange? Kind Regards, Richi -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
