When is a module imported from the standard library?

[Bernhard Herzog]

Jeff Shannon <jeff at ccvcorp.com> writes:

> Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote:
> 
> > #! /usr/bin/python
> >
> > import os
> > import string
> >
> > print os.path.dirname(string.split(`os`, "'")[3])
> > ---
> >
> > I tested it under 1.5.2. Does it also work under 2.x?
> 
> It seems to (though I used `os`.split() instead of importing
> string)--I'm using 2.0
> 
> However, I would be worried about this being somewhat fragile, as it's
> depending on the specific format of a module's repr()--it seems to be
> constant across versions, but I'd hate to presume that it will stay so.

Well, why not simply

print os.path.dirname(os.__file__)


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