module name vs '.'

[Dave Angel]

On 06/18/2012 09:47 AM, Neal Becker wrote:
> I meant a module
> 
> src.directory contains
> __init__.py
> neal.py
> becker.py
> 
> from src.directory import neal
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Dave Angel <d at davea.name> wrote:
> 
>> On 06/18/2012 09:19 AM, Neal Becker wrote:
>>> Am I correct that a module could never come from a file path with a '.'
>> in the
>>> name?
>>>
>>
>> No.
>>
>> Simple example: Create a directory called src.directory
>> In that directory, create two files
>>
>> ::neal.py::
>> import becker
>> print becker.__file__
>> print becker.hello()
>>
>>
>> ::becker.py::
>> def hello():
>>    print "Inside hello"
>>    return "returning"
>>
>>
>> Then run neal.py, from that directory;
>>
>>
>> davea at think:~/temppython/src.directory$ python neal.py
>> /mnt/data/davea/temppython/src.directory/becker.pyc
>> Inside hello
>> returning
>> davea at think:~/temppython/src.directory$
>>
>> Observe the results of printing __file__
>>
>> Other approaches include putting a directory path containing a period
>> into sys.path
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> DaveA
>>
>>
> 

In my example, becker.py is a module and I imported it.  If you're now
asking specifically about using the syntax

from src.directory import neal

that has nothing to do with periods being in a directory name.  That
period in the source code separates a package name from a module name,
and will not find a package named "src.directory"

-- 

DaveA