On Tuesday, 8 May 2018 13:05:58 UTC+5:30, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Mon, 07 May 2018 09:53:45 -0700, Sharan Basappa wrote: > > > I am a bit confused between module and package in Python. Does a module > > contain package or vice versa? When we import something in Python, do we > > import a module or a package? > > The term "module" in Python has multiple meanings: > > - a particular kind of object, types.ModuleType > > - a single importable .py, .pyc etc file > > A package is a logical collection of importable .py etc files, usually > collected inside a single directory. When you import a module of a > package, that gives you a module object. > > Normally we would say that packages contain modules. For example, if you > have this file structure: > > > library/ > +-- __init__.py # special file which defines a package > +-- widgets.py > +-- stuff/ > +-- __init__.py > +-- things.py > > > then we have a package "library", which in turn contains a submodule > "library.widgets", and a subpackage "library.stuff", which in turn > contains a submodule "library.stuff.things". > > Each of these lines imports a module object: > > import library > import library.stuff > import library.stuff.things > import library.widgets > > from library import widgets > from library.stuff import things > > > Effectively, "packages" relates to how you arrange the files on disk; > "modules" relates to what happens when you import them. > > > -- > Steve
Wow! Thanks a lot. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
