[Distutils] modules in different folders but under same namespace

[Robert Kern]

On 2010-02-04 11:05 AM, Tarek Ziadé wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 5:53 PM, Riccardo-Maria BIANCHI
> <riccardo.maria.bianchi at cern.ch>  wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>
> Hi,
>
>>
>> I have a package structured like this:
>>
>>
>> package/__init__.py
>>    src/ __init__.py
>>           mod1.py
>>    share/__init__.py
>>             mod2.py
>>
>>
>> Now I can import them as:
>> package.src.mod1
>> package.share.mod2
>>
>> How can I use Distutils to be able to import both of them under the same
>> "package" namespace as:
>>
>> import package.mod1
>> import package.mod2
>
> unrelated to Distutils but,
>
> What you can do is add these line in package/__init__.py :
>
>    from package.src import mod1
>    from package.share import mod2
>
> Beware though, that this means the modules will be loaded
> even if "import package" is called, which could have some unwanted
> side effects depending on the code.

This does not work. You cannot "import package.mod1" under this scenario.

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Robert Kern

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