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Old 08-06-2007, 01:26 PM   #1
jhwilliams
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python module scope


Hello,

I have the following package:

Code:
./packagename/
  __init__.py:
    import string
    from module1 import *
    from module2 import *
  module1.py:
    function1(args):
      ...
      string.split(args)
      ...
  module2.py:
    function2():
      ...
      function1(args)
      ...
when i import packagename into python and try to use function2:
function2 calls on function1, but I am receiving an error that global name funcion1 is not defined. When i issue a dir(), both function1 and function2 are listed. Similarly, function1 calls on string.split, and it complains that global name 'string' is not defined. Whatever am I to do?

Thank you very much.

Last edited by jhwilliams; 08-06-2007 at 01:30 PM.
 
Old 08-08-2007, 08:25 AM   #2
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String functions are instance methods: you call them on the string you want to split, for example -- "hello world".split(...) -- and then the result gets returned.

If you want to call module1.function1 from module2, you need to import module1 inside module2.

Unless I misunderstand what you want to do?
 
Old 08-08-2007, 08:29 AM   #3
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If you want to call module1.function1 from module2, you need to import module1 inside module2.
Yea - I ended up doing this to resolve the problem. I guess what was confusing to me is that I thought that the __init__ script would handle all of the dependencies. I guess I don't really understand what the __init__ script is meant for, afterall.

Also - good call on the .split() function.
 
Old 08-08-2007, 03:16 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by jhwilliams
I guess I don't really understand what the __init__ script is meant for, afterall.
Just off the top of my head (not near my Python reference), I've only used it before for using Java-like package management in Python 2.5 -- like the following:
Code:
from lexicon.pos import *
Where below the current directory there is a "lexicon" directory, and beneath that a "pos" directory, and inside that the modules I'm loading. For this to work, you need to have the __init__.py files in the "lexicon" and "pos" directories. My files were empty, but I know you can put code into there. I'm just not quite clear on when it gets loaded or what it's scope is... which I guess is what your question was. But I do know that it doesn't do what you originally intended, unfortunately.
 
  


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