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Alexis
Alexis

Reputation: 85

import in python when two folders with same name

I have what it seems to be an unusual situation. 

── folder1
     ├── run.py
     └── pgm.py

── folder2
      └── src
           ├── fileA.py
           └── fileB.py

── folder3
      └── src
           ├── file1.py
           └── file2.py

Folder1 is mine, folders 2 and 3 are in forked and I don't want to change it, and I'm not sure I can put the three of them in a over-Folder.

In run.py, I have:

    sys.path.append(path_folder2)
    from src.fileA import classA

That ClassA, call pgm.py thanks to:

     module = importlib.import_module('pgm')

And pgm tries to import file1.py in folder3.src which import himself only files of folder3. Adding folder3 to path raise an ImportError. I presume it's because python looks in the subfolder src of folder2, how can I force to look in folder3 ?

In fact I'd like to be in the folder2 environnment as if folder 3 doesn't exist and then in folder3 as if folder2 doesn't exist during the same execution. How can I do that ?

Note: I didn't wrote the init.py for readability but they are in my folders and subfolders I tried to play with path, removing folder2 just before importing file1.py but no success.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3162

Answers (2)

shubh
shubh

Reputation: 106

In the newer versions of Python you can skip using the __init__.py (lookup feature called "implicit namespace package" for more details). There are some downsides to doing that, but I believe removing the __init__.py from the src directories will resolve your error.

Upvotes: 0

niekas
niekas

Reputation: 9097

You can rename module on import, like this:

from src.fileA import classA as fileAclassA
from src.fileB import classA as fileBclassA

Upvotes: 1

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