Writing a package

Cameron Simpson cs at cskk.id.au
Fri Feb 4 21:01:45 EST 2022


On 05Feb2022 00:37, Paulo da Silva <p_d_a_s_i_l_v_a_ns at nonetnoaddress.pt> wrote:
>Let's say I have a dir src containing another dir named foo and a 
>script test.py.
>
>So, I have
>src/foo (dir)
>src/test.py (script)
>
>test.py has the folloing code:
>
>import foo as f
>c=f.C()
>
>I am inside src and want to run python test.py.
>
>How can I create the class C inside src/foo dir if it is possible at 
>all?

Define it in the file "src/foo/__init__.py".

When you go:

    import blah

Python reaches for the file "blah.py" or "blah/__init__.py" (this second 
path is for "packages").

Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <cs at cskk.id.au>


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