Newbie question about import

[Luca]

Hi all. I'm trying to do something with python import but isn't working for me.

Using python 2,5 I've a program structured like this:

* a main module called (for example) "mommy" with an __init__.py and a
file called "mommy.py"
* a __version__ var defined inside the main __init__.py

>From the mommy.py file I need to import the __version__ var, but I'm

really not able to do this! I fear this is a very stupid task to do...
my problem is that the file is called like the module.

Anyone can point me to the solution?

--
-- luca

[Larry Bates]

Luca wrote:

Hi all. I'm trying to do something with python import but isn't working for me.

Using python 2,5 I've a program structured like this:

* a main module called (for example) "mommy" with an __init__.py and a
file called "mommy.py"
* a __version__ var defined inside the main __init__.py

>>From the mommy.py file I need to import the __version__ var, but I'm

really not able to do this! I fear this is a very stupid task to do...
my problem is that the file is called like the module.

Anyone can point me to the solution?

In the future please show us what you "actually" did with full tracebacks if
there were any so we know what you actually tried.

I do something like this by doing:

from version import version__

It doesn't have to be a module (e.g. doesn't need __init__.py) to make that work.

Hope this helps.

-Larry

[Kay Schluehr]

On 25 Apr., 20:03, Luca <[e-mail]:

Hi all. I'm trying to do something with python import but isn't working for me.

Using python 2,5 I've a program structured like this:

* a main module called (for example) "mommy" with an __init__.py and a
file called "mommy.py"
* a __version__ var defined inside the main __init__.py

From the mommy.py file I need to import the __version__ var, but I'm

really not able to do this! I fear this is a very stupid task to do...
my problem is that the file is called like the module.

Anyone can point me to the solution?

--
-- luca

You have to import the package containing mummy and __init__ from the
pythonpath ( which can be examined using the sys module and the
sys.path attribute ). Then access __version__ as an attribute:

mypack/ # package indicated by __init__.py
mummy.py
__init__.py
mummy.py
--------
import mypack # o.k. if accessible from pythonpath
mypack.__version__