__init__.py and package help

J. Cliff Dyer jcd at sdf.lonestar.org
Mon Jan 5 15:01:26 EST 2009


On Mon, 2009-01-05 at 11:49 -0800, TechieInsights wrote:
> Ok I have read all of the tutorials and documents I could find.  I am
> running Python 2.6 on windows.  The problem I am having with packages
> is that they don't show up!
> 
> Simple example of what isn't working...
> Structure-
> 
> pytest/ Root directory of package
>     __init__.py-  code: __all__ = ['folder']
>     folder/   Another folder in the package
>         __init__.py- code: __all__ = ['hello']
>         hello.py- code: print('Hello World')
> 
> Then I append the path to sys.path, and try and import...
> 
> >>> sys.path.append(r'E:\dev\test\pytest')
> >>> from pytest.folder import hello
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> ImportError: No module named pytest.folder
> 
> What am I doing wrong!  It's driving me crazy.
> Thanks in advance,
> Greg

You want

>>> sys.path.append(r'E:\dev\test')

unless your code is in E:\dev\test\pytest\pytest\folder\hello.py


> --
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
> 




More information about the Python-list mailing list