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cammil
cammil

Reputation: 9937

How to import Python module in a package of the same name as the importing module?

Suppose I have the following (project1 is on python path):

/project1/utils/utils.py
    def cool_function():
        print "cool"

/project1/backup/utils.py
    from utils.utils import cool_function

This throws "ImportError: No module named utils".

I assume this is because it is searching for utils.cool_function in backup.utils. Is there a rather than renaming the utils package? I think my naming convention makes sense, and is natural, so I'm reluctant to changing it. If that however is preferred and standard practice, I will rename it!

Thanks!

EDIT: I am using Python 2.7

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1946

Answers (3)

Rik Poggi
Rik Poggi

Reputation: 29312

Works fine with me.

With the following project structure:

project/
|-- run.py
`-- utils
|   |-- __init__.py
|   |-- utils.py
|-- backup
    |-- __init__.py
    |-- utils.py

Where you call python3 run.py from the project directory.

Edit: Sorry I just saw that this does not apply to python-2.x.

Upvotes: 0

Roman Bodnarchuk
Roman Bodnarchuk

Reputation: 29747

You may use relative imports:

from ..utils.utils import cool_function

Upvotes: 2

AdamKG
AdamKG

Reputation: 14091

If project1 is a package (parent dir is on sys.path and has an __init__.py), you can do from project1.utils.utils import cool_function. See also PEP328, which is new in python 2.5. If you're using 2.5 or later, from ..utils.utils import cool_function may also work.

Upvotes: 1

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