Listing variables

[vsoler]

On Oct 25, 1:32 pm, Tim Chase <python.l... at tim.thechases.com> wrote:
> > If I just input dir(test) I don't get "a" in my list.
>
> >>>> import test
> >>>> dir(test)
> > ['__builtins__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__name__', '__package__',
> > '__path__']
>
> > I am using python 2.6
>
> > Am I doing anything wrong?
>
> Are you importing the module you think you are?
>
> tim at rubbish:~/tmp$ echo "a=42" > test.py
> tim at rubbish:~/tmp$ python2.5
>  >>> import test
>  >>> dir(test)
> ['__builtins__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__name__', 'a']
>
> Granted this is 2.5 (the most current I have on my Debian box,
> but I also tested in 2.3 and 2.4 which are also installed)
> instead of 2.6 but they should all behave the same.  If I remove
> test.py/test.pyc, I get the following:
>
> tim at rubbish:~/tmp$ rm test.py test.pyc
> tim at rubbish:~/tmp$ python2.5
>  >>> import test
>  >>> dir(test)
> ['__builtins__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__name__', '__path__']
>  >>> test.__file__
> '/usr/lib/python2.5/test/__init__.pyc'
>
> because there's apparently a module named "test" in the standard
> distribution that gets found instead.
>
> -tkc

Tim,

You were right. When I renamed my test.py file into test77.py it
worked perfectly well. Thank you.

Is there a way to know which test.py it was importing?