[Tutor] A simple question

[lumbricus@gmx.net]

Hi!
 
> this is the way i do it:
> 
> -----<SNIP>------
> #!/usr/bin/python 
> 
> #above line needed in unix like environs only!
> 
> import sys
> 
> sys.path[0] = '/home/thomi/custom_python_modules/'
> 
> #set the above path to the dir where all my custom modules are
> 
> import thomimodule1
> 
> ------<SNIP>-----
> 
> this does work, ive tried it myself before... sys.path[0] is free, and

Yes:
>>> sys.path[0]
''
>>> 
But _why_?
Has anybody an explanation?

> can be used safely, otherwise you'd have to go:
> 
> sys.path.append('/home/thomi/custom_python_modules')
> 
> hope that helps..
 
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puzzled greetings,
J"o!

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