AttributeError: module object has no attribute

[Nikhil]

Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch wrote:
> On Tue, 20 May 2008 23:31:15 +0530, Nikhil wrote:
> 
>> Peter Otten wrote:
>>> Nikhil wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have recently written a small module. When I import the module, I
>>>> always get the error
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> only when I do
>>>>
>>>>  >>> from local.my.module import *
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>>    File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>>>> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '/xyz/py/file'
>>>> ---
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> but when I do the below, I do not get any error.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>  >> import local.my.module
>>>>  >>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas on what could be wrong?
>>> Are you abusing the __all__ attribute?
>>>
>>> $ cat tmp.py
>>> __all__ = ['/xyz/py/file']
>>>
>>> $ python -c "from tmp import *"
>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>   File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
>>> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '/xyz/py/file'
>>>
>> Yes, I am. Is there any reason not to?
> 
> That your module raises the `AttributeError` and is broke is not reason
> enough!?  :-)
> 
>> basically, since this is implemented in the module, I have to export it 
>> since the caller to the function in the module is responsible for 
>> ensuring he has enough proper permissions to read the file.
> 
> What do you mean by "implemented in the module"?  `__all__` is for names
> that live in the module's namespace -- '/xyz/py/file' isn't even a legal
> identifier name in Python!
> 
> Ciao,
> 	Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch.
Okay.. thanks :-)

I removed the entry from __all__, and I earlier assumed the module to 
break, but it did not. Thanks again :-)