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Re: Organising packages/modules - importing functions from a common.py in a separate directory?

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Victor Hooi wrote:

> Wait - err, subpackage != module, right? Do you think you could explain
> what a sub-package is please? I tried Googling, and couldn't seem to find
> the term in this context.

In analogy to subdirectory I em_load and pg_load -- and common if you add an 
__init__.py would be sub-packages, provided only the parent of foo_loading 
is in sys.path and you import them with

import foo_loading.pg_load

etc.

> Also, so you're saying to put the actual script that I want to invoke
> *outside* the Python package.
> 
> Do you mean something like this:
> 
>> sync_em.py
>> sync_pg.py
>> foo_loading/
>>     __init__.py
>>     common/
           __init__.py
>>         common_foo.py
>>     em_load/
>>         __init__.py
>>         config.yaml
>>         em.py
>>     pg_load/
>>         __init__.py
>>         config.yaml
>>         pg.py
> 
> and the sync_em.py and sync_pg.py would just be thin wrappers pulling in
> things from em.py and pg.py? Is that a recommended approach to organise
> the code?

I don't know. I prefer it that way.
 
> Would it make any difference if I actually packaged it up so you could
> install it in site-packages? Could I then call modules from other modules
> within the package?

If you mean "import", yes, installing is one way to get it into sys.path.

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Re: Organising packages/modules - importing functions from a common.py in a separate directory? Jean-Michel Pichavant <jeanmichel@sequans.com> - 2013-10-28 14:12 +0100
  Re: Organising packages/modules - importing functions from a common.py in a separate directory? Victor Hooi <victorhooi@gmail.com> - 2013-10-28 17:51 -0700
    Re: Organising packages/modules - importing functions from a common.py in a separate directory? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2013-10-29 12:01 +1100
      Re: Organising packages/modules - importing functions from a common.py in a separate directory? Victor Hooi <victorhooi@gmail.com> - 2013-10-28 18:08 -0700
        Re: Organising packages/modules - importing functions from a common.py in a separate directory? Victor Hooi <victorhooi@gmail.com> - 2013-10-28 23:58 -0700
          Re: Organising packages/modules - importing functions from a common.py in a separate directory? Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2013-10-29 08:44 +0100
            Re: Organising packages/modules - importing functions from a common.py in a separate directory? Victor Hooi <victorhooi@gmail.com> - 2013-10-29 12:39 -0700
              Re: Organising packages/modules - importing functions from a common.py in a separate directory? Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2013-10-30 10:48 +0100
              Re: Organising packages/modules - importing functions from a common.py in a separate directory? Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2013-10-30 11:23 +0100

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