Error importing __init__ declared variable from another package

[Jason Veldicott]

Hi,

I have a simple configuration of modules as beneath, but an import error is
reported:

/engine
   (__init__ is empty here)
   engine.py
/sim
   __init__.py


The module engine.py imports a variable instantiated in sim.__init__ as
follows:

   from sim import var_name
   var_name.func()

The following error messaged is received on the func() call above (Eclipse
PyDev):

"undefined variable from import: func"

Any idea why this is causing an error?
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