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Martin J.H.
Martin J.H.

Reputation: 2205

Why "import tensorflow.python.something" instead of "import tensorflow.something"?

I noticed that quite a few examples for tensorflow (and answers, here is a random one) include the statement

import tensorflow.python.something

while others use

import tensorflow.something

Looking through the Tensorflow API Reference, I could not find the module python. What could be the reason to use the tensorflow.python syntax, and why is it working even though it appears to be undocumented?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 64

Answers (1)

Haidar Zeineddine
Haidar Zeineddine

Reputation: 998

According to the source code of tensorflow

These symbols appear because we import the python package which in turn imports from tensorflow.core and tensorflow.python. They must come from this module. So python adds these symbols for the resolution to succeed.

From the technical perspective it's valid but an unsafe way to import since it's not documented and it tends to change.

Upvotes: 2

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