Is there a conflict of libraries here?

[Steve]

"Right, because the name "datetime" points to the class datetime in the
module datetime.  
The class, unlike the module, has no "datetime" attribute."

 

Ok, how do I unpoint/repoint a "datetime" to let the two locations work?

 

"Apologies if you already knew this.  I wasn't sure."

 

Absolutely did not know any of this.  
Libraries are a slow learning process for me....

 

 

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-----Original Message-----

From: Python-list <python-list-bounces+gronicus=sga.ninja at python.org> On
Behalf Of Peter Pearson

Sent: Friday, November 6, 2020 10:36 AM

To: python-list at python.org

Subject: Re: Is there a conflict of libraries here?

 

On Fri, 6 Nov 2020 02:25:25 -0500, Steve <Gronicus at SGA.Ninja> wrote:

> In my program, I have the following lines of code: 

>     import random

>     import re

>     import time

>     import datetime

 

At this point, the name "datetime" points to a module.

 

>     from datetime import timedelta

>     from time import gmtime, strftime

>     import winsound as ws  

>     import sys

> 

[snip]

> 

>       from datetime import datetime

 

By that, you have reassigned the name "datetime" to point to a class defined
in the datetime module.

 

[snip]

> 

>     AttributeError: type object 'datetime.datetime' has no attribute 

> 'datetime'

 

Right, because the name "datetime" points to the class datetime in the
module datetime.  The class, unlike the module, has no "datetime"

attribute.

 

Apologies if you already knew this.  I wasn't sure.

 

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