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Re: How to structure packages

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First of all MyClass.py should be renamed to myclass.py.  Module names
should be lowercase.  Secondly, put this in __init__.py:

    from .myclass import MyClass

and there you go.

On Wed, Sep 07, 2011 at 08:56:32AM -0700, bclark76 wrote:
> I'm learning python, and was playing with structuring packages.
> 
> Basically I want to have a package called mypackage that defines a
> number of classes and functions.
> 
> 
> so I create:
> 
> mypackage
>     __init__.py
>     myfunc.py
>     MyClass.py
> 
> 
> my __init__.py is blank.
> 
> my MyClass.py looks like:
> 
> import blah
> 
> class MyClass(blahblah):
>     blah
>     blah
>     blah
> 
> 
> then I have a run.py that looks like
> 
> from mypackage import MyClass
> 
> 
> x = MyClass()
> 
> 
> This doesn't work because MyClass is mypackage.MyClass.MyClass.
> There's this MyClass module 'in the way'.
> 
> 
> I'm trying to follow the rule that every file defines only one class.
> I could define MyClass in __init__.py, but then what if I wanted to
> define more classes in the mypackage package? My one class per file
> rule goes out the window.
> 
> Is this rule wrongheaded, or is there another way to do this?
> 
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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How to structure packages bclark76 <bclark76@gmail.com> - 2011-09-07 08:56 -0700
  Re: How to structure packages John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2011-09-07 16:11 +0000
    Re: How to structure packages Rafael Durán Castañeda <rafadurancastaneda@gmail.com> - 2011-09-07 19:18 +0200
  Re: How to structure packages Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2011-09-07 19:30 +0200
    Re: How to structure packages Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-09-08 10:29 +1000
      Re: How to structure packages Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-09-08 12:39 +1000
      Re: How to structure packages Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> - 2011-09-08 09:51 +0000
      Re: How to structure packages Jonathan Hartley <tartley@tartley.com> - 2011-09-08 03:22 -0700
      Re: How to structure packages Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-09-09 01:45 +0100
        Re: How to structure packages Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-09-09 11:37 +1000
          Re: How to structure packages Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-09-10 11:11 +0100
            Re: How to structure packages Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-09-10 20:29 +1000
            Re: How to structure packages "Littlefield, Tyler" <tyler@tysdomain.com> - 2011-09-10 08:04 -0600
        Re: How to structure packages Alec Taylor <alec.taylor6@gmail.com> - 2011-09-10 02:38 +1000
  Re: How to structure packages rantingrick <rantingrick@gmail.com> - 2011-09-07 10:56 -0700
  Re: How to structure packages "Littlefield, Tyler" <tyler@tysdomain.com> - 2011-09-07 12:11 -0600
  Re: How to structure packages Westley Martínez <anikom15@gmail.com> - 2011-09-07 14:35 -0700

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