importing modules with the same name but from different directories

[Mirko Koenig]

On Mon, 21 Apr 2003 04:42:51 +0200, logistix wrote:



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>> Subject: importing modules with the same name but from different
>> directories
>>
>> I have a program consisting of many modules. Every modul has its own
>> directory in a directory called modul, eg.
>> 
>> .../modul/modul1
>> .../modul/modul2
>> 
>> In every modul directory is a diretory for the language files. These
>> files are used to display the modules label in different languages. eg.
>> 
>> .../modules/module1/language/german.py
>> .../modules/module1/language/english.py
>> .../modules/module2/language/german.py
>> .../modules/module2/language/english.py
>> 
>> My problem is:
>> If is start modul1 from within its modul directory ( .../modules/modul1
>> ) And modul1 calls modul2, then modul2 doesn't load its own language
>> file. Instead it loads the langugae file of modul1.

>> 
> Add an __init__.py file to each directory in your project.  This makes
> the directories packages.  Then you can use a fully qualified path such
> as "import modules.modul1.language.english as module1_english".  Note
> that you can't use the same name for different modules at runtime, so
> use "as xxx." to give them a more distinct name.

Is it possible to to something like this:
from modules.modul1 import * 
or
from modules.modul1.language.english import text as modul1_text
or
import modules.modul1 as modul1 and than get the languag file 

Mirko Koenig