Python packages - problems, pitfalls.

[Prabhu Ramachandran]

hi,

Thanks for the response atleast I know that I am not the only one who
has had this problem. :)

>>>>> "CE" == Chuck Esterbrook <ChuckEsterbrook at yahoo.com> writes:

    CE> In my project, Webware, we did ended up with the multiple
    CE> import problem you described. eg, where a module was imported
    CE> twice under under "bar" and "foo.bar". This lead to technical
    CE> problems that were unacceptable.

    CE> At some level, this was related to the current directory of
    CE> the process. We solved this by tweaking our app server to make
    CE> sure it changed the current directory to the highest level of
    CE> our packaging system (despite its existence in a subpackage)
    CE> at the very start before any project-specific imports. This
    CE> solved it.

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True, but what if one of your modules did a
os.chdir('some_other_dir')?  Would this approach still work?  

prabhu