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Re: Python modules

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On 10/11/14 14:55, Steve Hayes wrote:
> I have a book on Python that advocates dividing programs into modules, and
> importing them when needed.
>
> I have a question about this.
>
> I can understand doing that in a compiled language, where different modules
> can be imported from all sorts of places when the program is compiled.
>
> But I understand that Python is an interpreted language, and If I wrote a
> program in Python like that, and wanted to run it on another computer, how
> would it find all the modules to import at run-time, unless I copied the whole
> directory structure over to the other computer?

You copy over the directory structure, or wrap it in a compressed archive.

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Python modules Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2014-11-10 06:55 +0200
  Re: Python modules Deepfriedice <Deepfriedice@openmailbox.org> - 2014-11-10 14:55 +1000
  Re: Python modules Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-11-10 16:12 +1100
    Re: Python modules Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2014-11-10 08:58 +0200
      Re: Python modules Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-11-10 18:48 +1100
  Re: Python modules Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-11-10 08:36 -0500
    Re: Python modules Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-11 00:49 +1100
  Re: Python modules Will Acheson <willyach07@gmail.com> - 2014-11-11 12:06 -0800
    Re: Python modules Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-11-12 09:18 +1100

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