So a simple modules/mymoduleA.py modules/mymoduleB.py
# mymoduleA.py import mymoduleB.py def functionA(): print mymoduleB.functionB() should work ? -Thadeus On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 6:42 AM, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > The problem with Python is that path for searching modules is one for > each process and not one per thread or one per application. > > This means if you use third part modules you should install them AS IF > web2py was not there and import them from web2py in the usual way. > > If you want to make some modules part of an app (i.e. place them in > the modules/ folder of the app) you have to be careful. Not all > modules are suitable. In particular if the module consists of multiple > files they should import each other using only paths relative to the > folder where the importing file is located because the modules/ folder > IS NOT and CANNOT be added to the search path. > > Massimo > > > > On Feb 26, 5:46 am, Tiago Almeida <tiago.b.alme...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Allow me to hijack this thread for a related question. >> >> How do you usually import a module from a module. I've tried using >> local_import but I had problems (don't remember details) so I solved the >> problem by hardcoding the path like 'applications.<appname>/modules/...' but >> don't like it. >> Can local_import do this and I used it incorrectly? >> >> Thanks a lot in advance. >> >> Best regards, >> Tiago >> ------ >> >> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 2:11 AM, Thadeus Burgess >> <thade...@thadeusb.com>wrote: >> >> > Done. >> >> > -Thadeus >> >> > On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Jonathan Lundell <jlund...@pobox.com> >> > wrote: >> > > On Feb 25, 2010, at 4:19 PM, mr.freeze wrote: >> >> > >> Just do: dt = local_import('datatables') >> >> > > Thanks. Maybe the book should reflect this: >> >http://web2py.com/book/default/section/4/18 >> >> > > (I'd make the change, but I'm a little fuzzy on the details.) >> >> > >> On Feb 25, 6:11 pm, Jonathan Lundell <jlund...@pobox.com> wrote: >> > >>> I've made a module that does a nice job, if I do say so myself, of >> > encapsulating DataTables (I'll post something about it eventually). >> >> > >>> Since it's a module, I need to import it to my controller, which I'm >> > doing like so: >> >> > >>> import sys >> > >>> sys.path.append(request.folder) >> > >>> import modules.datatables as dt >> >> > >>> My question: is there a better way to manage this? At first I was >> > building the import path all the way from the web2py base, but I didn't >> > want >> > to include the literal application name. >> >> > > -- >> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> > "web2py-users" group. >> > > To post to this group, send email to web...@googlegroups.com. >> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<web2py%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> > . >> > > For more options, visit this group at >> >http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en. >> >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> > "web2py-users" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to web...@googlegroups.com. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<web2py%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> > . >> > For more options, visit this group at >> >http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "web2py-users" group. > To post to this group, send email to web...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to web...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en.