import serial failure

[Peter Otten]

J W Burton wrote:

> I have installed both Python 2.7 AND Python 3.3 and the corresponding
> pyserial files from
> 
> 
ihttps://pypi.python.org/packages/any/p/pyserial/pyserial-2.7.win32.exe#md5=21555387937eeb79126cde25abee4b35n
> my
> 
> for 2.7
> 
> When I look in my Python27/Lib/site-packages/serial folder I see
> package files
> 
> but when I run a program using import serial, I get an error
>  Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "C:\Users\Jahree\serial.py", line 2, in <module>
>     import serial
>   File "C:\Users\Jahree\serial.py", line 5, in <module>
>     ser = serial.Serial(
> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'Serial'
> 
> I'm guessing there is a path not set correctly - I'M STUCK
> 
> Please help.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> ps: the following is serial.py file I'm using for testing.

Your choice of filename is unfortunate ;)
 
> import time
> import serial

The file is importing itself here. Rename your

C:\Users\Jahree\serial.py

to something unique, say

C:\Users\Jahree\myserial.py

delete 

C:\Users\Jahree\serial.pyc

and everything should be OK.