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Re: Application libraries private, Distutils metadata available for console scripts and introspection

From	Robert Collins <robertc@robertcollins.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.maint.python
Subject	Re: Application libraries private, Distutils metadata available for console scripts and introspection
Date	2015-09-02 13:30 +0200
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On 2 September 2015 at 22:45, Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au> wrote:
> Robert Collins <robertc@robertcollins.net> writes:
>
>> That private directory must be on the python search path when running
>> the application (or the modules can't be imported).
>
> Not at all. The application's private modules are imported only via
> relative imports.

Relative imports still consult the various python module search
mechanisms, which is the top level path, + per package paths (but to
import the highest of those packages you have to import the first
member from the root... which is on the top level path).

-Rob

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Application libraries private, Distutils metadata available for console scripts and introspection Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-09-01 05:00 +0200
  Re: Application libraries private, Distutils metadata available for  console scripts and introspection Robert Collins <robertc@robertcollins.net> - 2015-09-01 06:50 +0200
    Re: Application libraries private, Distutils metadata available for console scripts and introspection Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-09-01 07:40 +0200
      Re: Application libraries private, Distutils metadata available for  console scripts and introspection Robert Collins <robertc@robertcollins.net> - 2015-09-01 09:40 +0200
  Re: Application libraries private, Distutils metadata available for console scripts and introspection Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-09-01 08:10 +0200
    Re: Application libraries private, Distutils metadata available for  console scripts and introspection Piotr Ożarowski <piotr@debian.org> - 2015-09-01 12:20 +0200
  Re: Application libraries private, Distutils metadata available for console scripts and introspection Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-09-02 10:40 +0200
    Re: Application libraries private, Distutils metadata available for  console scripts and introspection Robert Collins <robertc@robertcollins.net> - 2015-09-02 11:10 +0200
      Re: Application libraries private, Distutils metadata available for  console scripts and introspection Karsten Hilbert <Karsten.Hilbert@gmx.net> - 2015-09-02 11:20 +0200
        Re: Application libraries private, Distutils metadata available for  console scripts and introspection Robert Collins <robertc@robertcollins.net> - 2015-09-02 13:30 +0200
        Re: Application libraries private, Distutils metadata available for  console scripts and introspection Barry Warsaw <barry@debian.org> - 2015-09-02 15:50 +0200
      Re: Application libraries private, Distutils metadata available for console scripts and introspection Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-09-02 12:50 +0200
        Re: Application libraries private, Distutils metadata available for  console scripts and introspection Robert Collins <robertc@robertcollins.net> - 2015-09-02 13:30 +0200
      Re: Application libraries private, Distutils metadata available for  console scripts and introspection Barry Warsaw <barry@debian.org> - 2015-09-02 15:50 +0200
    Re: Application libraries private, Distutils metadata available for  console scripts and introspection Piotr Ożarowski <piotr@debian.org> - 2015-09-03 00:20 +0200

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