[Pythonmac-SIG] Re: Weird import problem with PythonIDE on Mac (was 'import problem')

[Bob Ippolito]

On Apr 21, 2005, at 9:06 PM, Chris Smith wrote:

> ###
> def y1():
>     pass
> def foo():
>     from __main__ import y1
>     pass
> foo()
> ###
>
> Here is a version of the code, stripped of the timeit code.  The above 
> segment exhibits the same symptoms as the previously submitted one.
>
> Even though I am running this as "__main__" it behaves as though it is 
> not __main__. i.e. if I run this with pyOxide without the 'run as 
> __main__' option, it generates the same ImportError ('Can't import 
> y1') as it does when run in the PythonIDE.
>
> In the pythonIDE it generates the error whether the 'run as __main__' 
> option is on or off. As a test of that option, I verified that the 
> following code only runs when the __main__ option is on and it worked 
> as expected:

The issue probably lies with the fact that (definitely) PythonIDE and 
(probably) PyOXIDE have the dumbest possible implementation of an 
interactive interpreter.  They use the *same interpreter* that runs the 
IDE itself.  Since the module namespace is flat, there can only be one 
__main__, and it belongs to the IDE.  This is the least of the issues 
you will experience when using such an interpreter.

Wing and IDLE don't have this problem, last I checked.  Other than 
that, I have no idea which IDEs are stupid and which are not.

-bob