[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm a newbie experimenting with Python. I want to incrementally develop > a module called 'circle'. The problem is now that the file name is used > for two purposes. To keep track of the version number and as the name > for the module. So when I develop the first version of my file I have > to call it circle_a.py. The name of the module then automatically > becomes circle_a. But when I develop the next increment and call my > file circle_b.py the module name changes as well. > > Basically I want to decouple the version of my file from the name of > the module. > > Is there a *simple* way out of this dilemma. >
You have two choices: 1- Just get rid of the version number in the name (what's the point) and define a __version__ attribute in the module, that's what is usually done. 2- create a wrapper module called "circle.py" whose content will be something along the lines of "from your_current_module_with_version import *" I'd strongly suggest the first choice, there is no point in giving the version number into the file name of a module. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
