Gnarlodious wrote: > On Nov 3, 2:51 am, Peter Otten wrote: > >> Slightly generalized: have the importing module print its __name__. There >> has to be at least one dot in the name for >> >> from .. import whatever >> >> to succeed. > > Just spent about 3 hours trying every permutation I could think of, > and searching Google for exactly how to do it, but all I get is: > > ValueError: Attempted relative import in non-package > > How do I import a module so that a dot will appear in its name?
Make sure the no path in sys.path leads into a directory that contains an __init__.py. In particular, ensure that you aren't invoking the python interpreter from a working directory that contains an __init__.py and that the main script is in a directory that doesn't contain an __init__.py. Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
