Import w/ '.' syntax

[mrstevegross]

Remind me: is it possible to craft an import statement like this:
import foo.bar

If so, what's going on here exactly? Is Python looking for a module
called 'bar', in a directory called 'foo', in a search path somewhere?
Or am I totally misunderstanding the import semantics.

Thanks,
--Steve

 

[Jeff McNeil]

Remind me: is it possible to craft an import statement like this:
  import foo.bar

If so, what's going on here exactly? Is Python looking for a module
called 'bar', in a directory called 'foo', in a search path somewhere?
Or am I totally misunderstanding the import semantics.

Thanks,
--Steve

In that specific case, you're looking for a module 'bar' in the 'foo'
package, which should be located somewhere on sys.path.

http://docs.python.org/tutorial/modules.html

That covers it pretty well.

Thanks,

Jeff
mcjeff.blogspot.com

 

[mrstevegross]

In that specific case, you're looking for a module 'bar' in the 'foo'

package, which should be located somewhere on sys.path.

http://docs.python.org/tutorial/modules.html

That covers it pretty well.

Aha! 'packages'! That makes sense.

Thanks,
--Steve