importing module from two packages with the same name

[Gordon McMillan]

David Garamond wrote:

> i have two modules in different location, but they belong to the same 
> package name:
> 
>   /home/david/usr/lib/python/Package1/Libra.pm  (1)
>   /home/david/proj/Proj1/lib/python/Package1/Scorpio.pm   (2)
> 
> i have added both paths to sys.path:
> 
>   import sys
>   sys.path.insert(0, '/home/david/usr/lib/python')
>   sys.path.insert(0, '/home/david/proj/Proj1/lib/python')

You can have only one Package1, but what that means is
you can have only one Package1/__init__.py. You can
extend the search of Package1 to cover more than one
directory by appending the extra directories to Package1's
__path__ attribute.

In __init__.py:
__path__.append('/home/david/proj/Proj1/lib/python/Package1')

-- Gordon
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