Out of interest, are there any standard Python modules that do this:
def appendRelativeIncludePath(*relpath):
dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), *relpath))
if not dir in sys.path:
sys.path.append(dir)
I ask because I often find myself doing this:
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# myproject/lib/mymodule/test/test.py
if __name__ == '__main__':
import os.path
import sys
dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..',
'..'))
if not dir in sys.path:
sys.path.append(dir)
import mymodule # it's always 2 directories up from here
----
And it seems like a lot to type so often. I can't factor out this
functionality unless I create a little module for doing this and install
it in a standard include path. You see I dream of doing this:
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# myproject/lib/mymodule/test/test.py
if __name__ == '__main__':
import astandardmodule
astandardmodule.appendRelativeIncludePath('..', '..')
import mymodule
----
Which, as you can see, is much shorter. ;)
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