Absolute imports in python not working, relative imports work
I can’t seem to get absolute imports to work in python. Here is my file structure:
I can’t seem to get absolute imports to work in python. Here is my file structure:
I am probably missing something obvious but anyway:
My employer has a dedicated module1 we use for internal unit / system test; however, the author of this module no longer works here and I have been asked to test some devices with it.
Imports are always put at the top of
the file, just after any module
comments and docstrings, and before module globals and constants.
Everywhere I see Python code importing modules using import sys or import mymodule
How do I check if I imported a module somewhere in the code?
I have a Python package with the following structure.
Ok, I see plenty of these errors around. I have tried everything I know to do and have yet to figure this out.
I think putting the import statement as close to the fragment that uses it helps readability by making its dependencies more clear. Will Python cache this? Should I care? Is this a bad idea?
In Python, once I have imported a module X in an interpreter session using import X, and the module changes on the outside, I can reload the module with reload(X). The changes then become available in my interpreter session.