can't figure out error: module has no attribute...

[Chris_147]

but it seems to depend on from where I start the Python shell.

so I've got a module selfservicelabe ls.py with some variables defined,
like this:
BtnSave = "link=label.sav e"
DeliveryAutomaa t = "//input[@id='deliveryMe thod' and @value='AU']"
This module is in the Lib directory.

Now when I do
import selfservicelabe ls
selfservicelabe ls.BtnSave
-> link=nmbs.label .save
selfservicelabe ls.DeliveryAuto maat
-> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute
'DeliveryAutoma at'

to make it more strange: PyCrust and Idle recognise DeliveryAutomaa t
perfectly.
Everything above is done with Python 2.4.3 on Windows XP SP2

So after some testing it seems to depend on from which partition I
start Python.
So open commandline and navigate to a dir on C: everything works
perfectly.
Close python shell en navigate to D: some variables in
selfservicelabe ls.py are not known.
What is going on here? Is this a known error?

[Kent Johnson]

Re: can't figure out error: module has no attribute...

Chris_147 wrote:[color=blue]
> but it seems to depend on from where I start the Python shell.
>
> so I've got a module selfservicelabe ls.py with some variables defined,
> like this:
> BtnSave = "link=label.sav e"
> DeliveryAutomaa t = "//input[@id='deliveryMe thod' and @value='AU']"
> This module is in the Lib directory.
>
> Now when I do
> import selfservicelabe ls
> selfservicelabe ls.BtnSave
> -> link=nmbs.label .save
> selfservicelabe ls.DeliveryAuto maat
> -> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute
> 'DeliveryAutoma at'
>
> to make it more strange: PyCrust and Idle recognise DeliveryAutomaa t
> perfectly.
> Everything above is done with Python 2.4.3 on Windows XP SP2
>
> So after some testing it seems to depend on from which partition I
> start Python.[/color]

Probably you have multiple copies of selfservicelabe ls.py or an old
selfservicelabe ls.pyc that is being imported. Try
import selfservicelabe ls
print selfservicelabe ls.__file__

to see where the import is coming from.

Kent
[color=blue]
> So open commandline and navigate to a dir on C: everything works
> perfectly.
> Close python shell en navigate to D: some variables in
> selfservicelabe ls.py are not known.
> What is going on here? Is this a known error?
>[/color]

[Chris_147]

Re: can't figure out error: module has no attribute...

Thanks for the reply.

you are indeed right, they were included from different places.
from C:\Python24\Lib and D:\mydir

But the strange thing is:
anywhere on C: the file from C:\Python24\Lib was included.
in D:\mydir the one from that directory
BUT: anywhere else on D: apparantly the one from D:\mydir was included
?!
I would expect it would come from c:\Python24\Lib .

Now I changed the files and of course I cannot reproduce it anymore.
Oh well, now it works.

[Tim Roberts]

Re: can't figure out error: module has no attribute...

"Chris_147" <chris.van.bael @gmail.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Thanks for the reply.
>
>you are indeed right, they were included from different places.
>from C:\Python24\Lib and D:\mydir
>
>But the strange thing is:
>anywhere on C: the file from C:\Python24\Lib was included.
>in D:\mydir the one from that directory
>BUT: anywhere else on D: apparantly the one from D:\mydir was included
>?!
>I would expect it would come from c:\Python24\Lib .[/color]

** PLEASE ** do not copy your OWN files into c:\Python24\Lib . That
directory is intended to contain ONLY the Python standard library.

Modules that are part of a single project should be in a common directory
for that project. Modules that are of general interest to you for multiple
projects should be in \Python24\Lib\s ite-packages.
--
- Tim Roberts, timr@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.