Question regarding naming convention

[Hans Nowak]

michael wrote:

> Both of the above seem to overcomplicate the syntax. Of the two, I 
> prefer the second, but I'm sure I've read on c.l.py that the 
> from..import.. version is not a preferred way of doing things.
> 
> Is there no way to write a class, such that the statement:
> 
>     import MyClass
> 
> would dynamically import the MyClass class from MyClass.py ?
> 
> It just surprises me that there isn't a neater way around this, as 
> Python seems to encapsulate most everything else in a simple way.

Not sure if this is what you're after, but:

 >>> def importobj(name):
	mod = __import__(name)
	obj = getattr(mod, name)
	globals()[name] = obj
	
# import the StringIO object from the StringIO module
 >>> importobj('StringIO')

# is it in the global namespace? yes:
 >>> dir()
['StringIO', '__builtins__', '__doc__', '__name__', 'importobj']

Putting something into globals() is a bit of a kludge, though.  You're probably 
better off using from x import x.

Cheers,