How to import only one module in a package when the package __init__.py has already imports the modules?

[Robert Kern]

Peng Yu wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 10:35 PM, Robert Kern <robert.kern at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Peng Yu wrote:
>>
>>> I have defined 'long' in one of my previous message. I consider a file
>>> long, when it does not fit in one or two screen. Basically, I want to
>>> get a whole picture of the file after glancing of the file.
>> I think you are going to have to get used to the fact that you have very
>> strange personal preferences and that Python is designed for the vast
>> majority of programmers who do not share them.
> 
> So python would not be able to accommodate my preference one
> class/function per file? I.e., I have to use something like 'from spam
> import spam' or 'spam.spam()', or accept that the filename is not the
> same as the class/function name.
> 
> Inside test/__init__.py:
> from a import A  # class A from file a.py
> from b import B  # class B from file b.py

If you are going to expose symbols in your __init__.py, they should not have the 
same name as any of the modules in the package.

-- 
Robert Kern

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