__import__() with packages

[Marco Herrn]

Hi,

I am using the builtin __import__() to import modules. That works for
simple modules like in this example:

    m= __import__("eggs")

when there is the module "eggs.py" in the current directory

But how do I do this with packages? A I understand the documentation for
__import__(), it must be something like:

    m= __import__("eggs", globals(), locals(), ["spam"])

when there is the package "spam" in the current directory, containing
the module "eggs".
But that doesn't work. I tried it in some different forms. The only one
that works in some way is:

   m= __import__("spam.eggs")

But that is not what I want, since I get "spam" as a module:
   <module 'spam' from 'spam/__init__.pyc'>

So what am I doing wrong here?

Marco

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