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  Re: import problems. Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-01-11 08:44 -0500

#18827 — Re: import problems.

On 01/11/2012 08:21 AM, Antoon Pardon wrote:
> I have an import problem I can't figure out.
> I am using python 2.6.6 on a debian box
>
> In one directory (pylib) I have a file misc.py and
> the file testutil.py.
>
> -------------------- testutil.py ----------------------
>
> print "in", __name__
>
> from misc import Rec
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
>
> calling this file in that directory gives me this:
>
> $ python testutil.py
> in __main__
>
> In a neighbour directory I have the file ats
>
> ------------------------ atst ----------------------------
>
> import sys
>
> from os.path import join as pj, abspath
>
> print abspath("../pylib")
>
> sys.path.append(abspath("../pylib"))
>
> import testutil
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> Now calling this file in its directory gives me the following problem:
> $ python atst
> /local/home/apardon/src/projecten/pylib
> in testutil
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "atst", line 9, in <module>
>     import testutil
>   File "/local/home/apardon/src/projecten/pylib/testutil.py", line 4, 
> in <module>
>     from misc import Rec
> ImportError: cannot import name Rec
>
> Why can I import Rec from misc in testutil when I call testutil.py 
> directly but not when testutil was imported itself?
In your first case, Rec.py was in the current directory, which is one of 
the specs in classpath.  In the second case, your current directory was 
somewhere else.



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DaveA

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