importing modules question

[warhero]

Hey all, sorry for the totally newb question. I recently switched over
to python from ruby. I'm having problems figuring out how module
importing works.. as a simple example I've got these files:

/example/loader.py
/example/loadee.py

loadee.py
class loadee(object):
def __init__(self):
print "loadee"

loader.py
import loadee
if __name__ == "__main__":
l = loadee()


When I run the loader file I get a TypeError: TypeError: 'module'
object is not callable

hm. Sorry, this is totally newb, this is the only switching pains I've
had.

 

[warhero]

got it figured out. nevermind.

 

[Amit Khemka]

Hey all, sorry for the totally newb question. I recently switched over
to python from ruby. I'm having problems figuring out how module
importing works.. as a simple example I've got these files:

/example/loader.py
/example/loadee.py

loadee.py
class loadee(object):
def __init__(self):
print "loadee"

loader.py
import loadee
if __name__ == "__main__":
l = loadee()


When I run the loader file I get a TypeError: TypeError: 'module'
object is not callable

'import module' statement imports the 'module' object and binds the
name to the local namespace. Any names defined in the module will have
to referenced by module.module_object

so you need to do something like this:
import loadee
if __name__ == "__main__":
l = loadee.loadee()

Alternatively you can directly import the objects defined in a module by :

from loadee import loadee
if __name__ == "__main__":
l = loadee()

cheers,