[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a java program in a package called 'cmd'. This of course > conflicts with the builtin python package of the same name. The thing > is, I need to be able to import from both of these packages in the same > script. I can import either one first, but any future attempt to import > from cmd.* will look up the first cmd that was imported, so the second > package is essentially eclipsed. I've tried fiddling with sys.path and > sys.packageManager.searchPath, to no avail. To answer the obvious first > suggestion, no I can't rename the java package to 'Cmd' or anything > like that. Any ideas? > > -Smurf
Never used it myself, but you can try to use the builtin 'imp' module. Python Library Reference 3.21 imp -- Access the import internals This module provides an interface to the mechanisms used to implement the import statement. It defines the following constants and functions: ... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list