Path: csiph.com!goblin1!goblin.stu.neva.ru!uio.no!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!nzpost1.xs4all.net!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.004 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'needed,': 0.05; 'subject:Question': 0.05; 'namespace': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'thu,': 0.15; 'collapse': 0.16; 'missing?': 0.16; 'module?': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:dip0.t-ipconnect.de': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'received:t-ipconnect.de': 0.16; 'subject:import': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'project,': 0.18; 'language': 0.19; '2015': 0.20; 'explicit': 0.22; 'sep': 0.22; 'am,': 0.23; 'import': 0.24; 'module': 0.25; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'header:X-Complaints- To:1': 0.26; 'wonder': 0.27; 'question': 0.27; "skip:' 10": 0.28; 'fine': 0.28; 'if,': 0.29; 'url:peps': 0.29; "i'm": 0.30; 'that.': 0.30; "we're": 0.30; 'another': 0.32; 'useful': 0.33; 'url:python': 0.33; 'that,': 0.34; 'c++': 0.35; 'url:dev': 0.35; 'but': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'modules': 0.36; 'to:addr:python- list': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'received:org': 0.37; 'one,': 0.37; 'thought': 0.37; 'names': 0.38; 'rather': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'received:de': 0.40; 'some': 0.40; 'waiting': 0.60; 'different': 0.63; 'qualified': 0.63; 'you.': 0.64; 'features:': 0.66; 'reuse': 0.66; "they're": 0.66; 'experts': 0.70; 'frank': 0.72; 'incredibly': 0.76 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> Subject: Re: Question about import Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2015 16:47:16 +0200 Organization: None References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: p57bd8163.dip0.t-ipconnect.de User-Agent: KNode/4.13.3 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20+ Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 29 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1441896793 news.xs4all.nl 23734 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:57933 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:96262 Ian Kelly wrote: > On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 1:12 AM, Frank Millman wrote: >> That makes me wonder if, in my project, I can import all modules inside >> 'start.py', and then just use 'import package_name' inside each module? > > You can, but for readability and reuse I think it's better to be > explicit in each module and import the fully qualified module names > that are needed, rather than relying on some other module to import > them for you. > >> Another question - I thought that, because aa.py and bb.py are in >> different sub-directories, I would have to set them up as packages by >> adding '__init__.py' to each one, but it works fine without that. What am >> I missing? > > That surprises me also, but I suspect it's because they're > subdirectories of the current working directory rather than packages > found on the sys.path. So even the experts cannot keep up with all those nifty new features: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0420/ (Implicit Namespace Packages) I'm waiting to see the language collapse under all its nice and -- seen in isolation -- incredibly useful additions. C++ we're coming :(