[Distutils] modules in different folders but under same namespace

[Robert Kern]

On 2010-02-04 11:37 AM, Floris Bruynooghe wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 05:53:16PM +0100, Riccardo-Maria BIANCHI wrote:
>> Now I can import them as:
>> package.src.mod1
>> package.share.mod2
>>
>> How can I use Distutils to be able to import both of them under the
>> same "package" namespace as:
>>
>> import package.mod1
>> import package.mod2
>
> In package/__init__.py:
>
> import src.mod1 as mod1
> import share.mod2 as mod2
>
> And then you can use just one "import package" statement.  If you want
> src and share to be separately installable then it gets more
> complicated (you'd need namespace packages etc), but why complicated
> when simple works?

Because simple doesn't work. You cannot do "import package.mod1" or "from 
package.mod1 import foo" with that scheme.

-- 
Robert Kern

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