On Wed, 05 Oct 2005 13:46:30 +0530, Iyer, Prasad C wrote: > > Actually I am bit confused between the modules and .py file > How do I differentiate between the 2. > > For example > I have a file import1.py, import2.py file > > Which has few functions and classes > And if I have a class with same name "BaseClass" in both the file > > How would I use it if I declare it as given below in my 3rd class > > from import1.py import * > from import2.py import *
You can't, because the BaseClass from the second import over-writes the BaseClass from the first. In general, "from module import *" is a bad idea, because you don't know what names you are importing: you can have name collisions, where a name in one module clashes with a name in your code, or another module. That is what is happening with your code. The way to prevent that is to use Python's namespaces: instead of "from module import name", use "import module", and then call module.name. -- Steven. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
