Great! "from mymodule import my_class" works exactly as you described.
I didn't realise local_import was deprecated. The web2py Book still refers to it in this section: http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/04#Third-Party-Modules You were right that something else was going on. I was invoking module code from unit tests and had a typo in the import name. Thanks for your help. On Jun 29, 2:03 am, Massimo Di Pierro <massimo.dipie...@gmail.com> wrote: > Are you telling us that this does not work? > > mymodule = local_import('mymodule') > my_new_class_instance = mymodule.my_class() > > It is veyr odd and I do not think this has anything to do with > local_import. Something else is going on. > Anyway, local_import is deprecated. Try > > from mymodule import my_class > > this should work now even if mymodule is in applications/yourapp/ > modules/ > > On Jun 28, 8:54 am, Robert Clark <robert.cl...@niftybean.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I can't seem to get local_import() importing classes from module files > > in the same way 'from X import Y' normally works in Python. Say I > > have the following in mymodule.py > > > def my_func(arg1): > > doSomething(arg1) > > > class my_class(object): > > __init__(self): > > ...etc. > > > my_class_ref = my_class # Hack explained below > > > Importing my_func from a controller is fine: > > > mymodule = local_import('mymodule') > > mymodule.my_func(some_arg) > > > But how can I get a reference to my_class for instantiation? Normal > > python importing would allow me to do this: > > > from mymodule import my_class > > my_instance = my_class() > > > Some kind of similar syntax for local_import() would be helpful. My > > current 'Hack' is to add a variable (see "my_class_ref" above). > > local_import allows those to be referenced from the imported module. > > For example this works: > > > mymodule = local_import('mymodule') > > my_new_class_instance = mymodule.my_class_ref() > > > Is there something I'm missing? Any recommendations appreciated.
