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SanVEE
SanVEE

Reputation: 2060

How to Hide or Restrict the imported module functionalities in Python

I have two python scripts Module1.py & Module2.py

Module1.py has the following code

class Module1(object):

    import clr

    def __init__(self):
        return None

    def foo(self):
        return None

Module2.py is where I want to import Module1.py, so when I import Module1.py, here's what I get

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so when I use the instance(module) of Module1.py, It display two items on Intellisence window i.e clr & foo, now my question is, is it possible to hide or restrict clr module functionalities outside Module1.py?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1500

Answers (1)

Adam Denoon
Adam Denoon

Reputation: 329

You can restrict the import to only import certain functionalities:

from X import a, b, c

You can also import the module into a protected variable:

X = __import__(‘X’)

Note: You can then define functions that access this protected variable, and return only the information you specify.

See this page for more information:

http://effbot.org/zone/import-confusion.htm

Upvotes: 1

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