Simple Path issues

[Brett Ritter]

New to Python, and I have some questions on how to best set up a basic
development environment, particular relating to path issues.

Note: I am not root on my development box (which is some flavor of
BSD)

Where should I develop my own modules so as to refer to them in the
standard way. I.E. I want:
import proj

to work regardless of my current working directory, and to function as
if "proj" were a core or third-party module.

I saw that I can set PYTHONPATH, but that seems sub-prime. I noted
that in installing pysqlite (the local installation of python is 2.4)
that I had it install in a lib under my home dir...should I use that
locale?

What is the command to tell me what directories python is checking in?

While I'm at it, what is the best (read: standard) locale to stick my
test cases? same dir as my project? A subdir?

Thanks in advance

 

[Gary Josack]

New to Python, and I have some questions on how to best set up a basic
development environment, particular relating to path issues.

Note: I am not root on my development box (which is some flavor of
BSD)

Where should I develop my own modules so as to refer to them in the
standard way. I.E. I want:
import proj

to work regardless of my current working directory, and to function as
if "proj" were a core or third-party module.

I saw that I can set PYTHONPATH, but that seems sub-prime. I noted
that in installing pysqlite (the local installation of python is 2.4)
that I had it install in a lib under my home dir...should I use that
locale?

What is the command to tell me what directories python is checking in?

While I'm at it, what is the best (read: standard) locale to stick my
test cases? same dir as my project? A subdir?

Thanks in advance

sys.path is a list that will tell you where python is looking. You can
append to this in your scripts to have python look in a specific
directory for your own modules.

Thanks,
Gary M. Josack

 

[Brett Ritter]

sys.path is a list that will tell you where python is looking. You can
append to this in your scripts to have python look in a specific
directory for your own modules.

I can, but that is almost certainly not the standard way to develop a
module.

I see nothing in sys.path that I have write permissions to.

Is altering my PYTHONPATH the normal way to develop (under the
assumption that later users will install in their conventional python
search path)?

 

[Gary Josack]

I can, but that is almost certainly not the standard way to develop a
module.

I see nothing in sys.path that I have write permissions to.

Is altering my PYTHONPATH the normal way to develop (under the
assumption that later users will install in their conventional python
search path)?

If you plan to put your module in a non-standard location then your only
options are adding to sys.path in you program or setting PYTHONPATH. If
this is only for development then you're better off just using
PYTHONPATH with the assumption "users will install in their conventional
python search path".