Import: Multiple modules with same name

[Amit Khemka]

Hello All,

I have multiple modules with same name in different directories (well
I guess thats may not be a good practise, but i needed it for
debugging and working with various versions). Now how do I import a
module with specifying a path.

Few minutes of googling suggested:

import ihooks
import os

def my_import(filename):
loader = ihooks.BasicModuleLoader()
path, file = os.path.split(filename)
name, ext = os.path.splitext(file)
module = loader.find_module_in_dir(name, path)
if not module:
raise ImportError, name
module = loader.load_module(name, module)
return module


But It looked like an overkill, Is there a more elegant and better way
of doing it ?

Thanks in advance,

cheers,
amit.

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