Package

[Matthieu Pichaud]

I have a problem organizing my programs in packages and subpackages.

I use python.2.3.3
I built a test structure to try to understand how it worked:

/test
/test/__init__.py (containing: __all__=['test1'])
/test/test1/
/test/test1/__init__.py (containing: __all__=['test2'])
/test/test1/test2/
/test/test1/test2/__init__.py (containing: __all__=['test3'])
/test/test1/test2/test3.py (containing: print 'test3')

Then I run:[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> from test import *
>>> test1[/color][/color][/color]
<module 'test.test1' from 'test/test1/__init__.py'>[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> test2[/color][/color][/color]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
NameError: name 'test2' is not defined


So it seems that I am very limited in the number of subpackages I can
create.
Is it normal? Am I silly organizing my programs like that?

Thanks for your help!

Matth

[bruno at modulix]

Re: Package

Matthieu Pichaud wrote:[color=blue]
> I have a problem organizing my programs in packages and subpackages.
>
> I use python.2.3.3
> I built a test structure to try to understand how it worked:
>
> /test
> /test/__init__.py (containing: __all__=['test1'])
> /test/test1/
> /test/test1/__init__.py (containing: __all__=['test2'])
> /test/test1/test2/
> /test/test1/test2/__init__.py (containing: __all__=['test3'])
> /test/test1/test2/test3.py (containing: print 'test3')
>
> Then I run:[color=green][color=darkred]
>>>> from test import *
>>>> test1[/color][/color]
> <module 'test.test1' from 'test/test1/__init__.py'>[color=green][color=darkred]
>>>> test2[/color][/color]
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> NameError: name 'test2' is not defined[/color]

[color=blue]
> So it seems that I am very limited in the number of subpackages I can
> create.[/color]

Not at all.
[color=blue]
> Is it normal?[/color]

Yes : when you have nested namespaces, it won't magically become a flat
namespace. There's a mostly clear documention on this in the official
Python tutorial.
[color=blue]
> Am I silly organizing my programs like that?[/color]

Dunno - it depends on the program. But still:
python -c "import this" | grep nested

HTH
--
bruno desthuilliers
python -c "print '@'.join(['.'.join([w[::-1] for w in p.split('.')]) for
p in 'onurb@xiludom. gro'.split('@')])"