[Tutor] sqlite3 import problem

[Alan Gauld]

On 03/01/14 13:36, Mark Lawrence wrote:

>>>    File "/usr/local/lib/python3.3/sqlite3/dbapi2.py", line 26, in
>>> <module>
>>>      from _sqlite3 import *
>>> ImportError: No module named '_sqlite3'
>>
>> As a matter of interest why do you have the underscore in front of
>> sqlite3? Is that deliberate?
>
> You surprise me Alan, this is an oft used idiom in Python.  A typical
> example would be having a fast C module but if this can't be imported
> fall back to a Python implementation.

Yes, but that's usually hidden from the user...
I didn't look closely enough at the file names in the traceback
and assumed the OP was explicitly importing using the underscore.


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