[Python-Dev] Relative imports in Py3k

[Georg Brandl]

Am 25.09.2010 15:15, schrieb anatoly techtonik:
> Hi,
> 
> I wonder if situation with relative imports in packages is improved in
> Python 3k or we are still doomed to a chain of hacks?
>
> My user story:
> I am currently debugging project, which consists of many modules in one package.
> Each module has tests or other useful stuff for debug in its main
> section, but it is a
> disaster to use it, because I can't just execute the module file and
> expect it to find
> relatives. All imports are like:
> 
> from spyderlib.config import get_icon
> from spyderlib.utils.qthelpers import translate, add_actions, create_action
> 
> PEP 328 http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0328/  proposes:
> 
> from ... import config
> from ..utils.qthelpers import translate, add_actions, create_action
> 
> But this doesn't work, and I couldn't find any short user level
> explanation why it is
> not possible to make this work at least in Py3k without additional magic.

Uh, "this doesn't work" is a report that every developer loves.  I suppose
Python does raise an exception with a message?

For diagnosing this, you should also at least include from which module
you're trying to executing these import statements.

Georg

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