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Re: Weird python behavior

From Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Weird python behavior
Date 2013-04-24 19:08 +0000
Organization Norwich University
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On 2013-04-24, Forafo San <ppv.grps@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello All,
> I'm running Python version 2.7.3_6 on a FreeBSD system. The following session in a Python interpreter throws a mysterious TypeError:
>
> ------------------------------------------
> [ppvora@snowfall ~/xbrl]$ python 
> Python 2.7.3 (default, Apr 22 2013, 18:42:18) 
> [GCC 4.2.1 20070719  [FreeBSD]] on freebsd8
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>> import glob
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>   File "glob.py", line 14, in <module>
>     myl = glob.glob('data/*.xml')
> TypeError: 'module' object is not callable
> ------------------------------------------
> The file glob.py that the error refers to was run under another
> screen session. It's a mystery why even that program threw an
> error. Regardless, why should that session throw an import
> error in this session? Weird. Any help is appreciated. Thanks,

'Cause Python's import statement looks in the current directory
first for files to import. So you're importing your own
error-riddled and mortal glob.py, rather than Python's pristine
and Olympian glob.py.

-- 
Neil Cerutti
  "This room is an illusion and is a trap devisut by Satan.  Go
ahead and dauntlessly!  Make rapid progres!"
  --Ghosts 'n Goblins

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Weird python behavior Forafo San <ppv.grps@gmail.com> - 2013-04-24 12:06 -0700
  Re: Weird python behavior Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-04-24 19:08 +0000
    Re: Weird python behavior Forafo San <ppv.grps@gmail.com> - 2013-04-24 12:19 -0700
      Re: Weird python behavior Tim Roberts <timr@probo.com> - 2013-04-25 23:04 -0700
        Re: Weird python behavior rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-04-25 23:25 -0700
          Re: Weird python behavior rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-04-26 00:04 -0700

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