[Python-Dev] PEP 366 - Relative imports from main modules

[Guido van Rossum]

I'm in general in favor of this. I will accept it once there is a
working implementation that is satisfactory.

Are we planning on supporting this in 2.6? It might break some 2.5
code that messes with modules and packages?

--Guido

On 7/10/07, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Brett Cannon wrote:
> > On 7/9/07, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Given the above limitations, I propose that we document the new
> >> attribute as follows:
> >>
> >> "If the module global __package__ exists when executing an import
> >> statement, it is used to determine the base for relative imports,
> >> instead of the __name__ and __path__ attributes.
> >
> > That's fine.  __path__ actually isn't used to resolve relative imports
> > into absolute ones anyway; it's used only as a substitute to sys.path
> > when importing within a package.
>
> I was referring to the fact that if __path__ is present (indicating a
> package), then the relative import is based directly on __name__,
> otherwise it is based on __name__.rpartition('.')[0].
>
> Cheers,
> Nick.
>
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