How to 'from package import module; from module import variable'?

[Oleg Broytmann]

On 9 Jul 2001, Alex wrote:
> Hi.  I've recently switched to using packages.  Because I use reload a
> lot during testing, it'd be helpful to be able to do this sort of thing
> successfully:
>
> >>> from mouse.tools import queues
> >>> from queues import Cyclic_queue
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> ImportError: No module named queues
>
> My understanding of the package import routine is still sort of sketchy,
> but I was wondering if there's a way to convince the import function
> that queues is actually a module it can import from.

from mouse.tools import queues

import sys
sys.modules["queues"] = queues

from queues import Cyclic_queue

Oleg.
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