Stefan Ram wrote: > Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> writes: >>one of the modules in Python's standard library IDLE will try to run with >>your module rather than the one it actually needs. Common candidates are >>code.py or string.py, but there are many more. > > I know this from Java: > > When you write a program > > ... main( final String[] args ) ... > > and then create a file »String.class« in the program's > directory, the program usually will not work anymore. > > However, in Java one can use an absolute path as in, > > ... main( final java.lang.String[] args ) ... > > , in which case the program will still work in the > presence of such a »String.class« file. > > I wonder whether Python also might have such a kind > of robust "absolute addressing" of a module.
While I would welcome such a "reverse netloc" scheme or at least a "std" toplevel package that guarantees imports from the standard library I fear the pain is not yet big enough ;) -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
