[Tutor] ImportError: cannot import name log

[steve]

Hello Vishwajeet,

On 09/16/2009 11:21 PM, vishwajeet singh wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Below is the content of __init__.py
>
> import sys
> from django.core.signals import got_request_exception
> from . import log
> logger = log._get_logger()
>
> def got_request_exception_callback(sender, **kwargs):
> """Logging all unhandled exceptions."""
>      type, exception, traceback = sys.exc_info()
>      logger.error(unicode(exception))
> got_request_exception.connect(got_request_exception_callback)
>
> My question here is that what does *from . import log* doing I can see a
> module name log in the same folder.
>
The '.' notation is fairly new and also uncommon AFAIK
http://docs.python.org/tutorial/modules.html#intra-package-references

> This import statement is throwing an error ImportError: cannot import
> name log.
The reasons it can't import using this 'from . import' notation would be the 
same as for any other import errors. Check your PYTHONPATH and paste the entire 
traceback if it still does not work.

cheers,
- steve

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