Saager, As per python module-import semantics, sub-modules don't end up as names in the package-module[*] unless explicitly added.
I didn't get it, what you mean by package-module[*] ?. -------------------------- One simple test. dir(json) showing the module "tool" after "from json import tool", but that module not in json.__all__ list. >>> >>>* import json* >>> >>> >>> *dir(json)* ['JSONDecoder', 'JSONEncoder', '__all__', '__author__', '__builtins__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__name__', '__package__', '__path__', '__version__', '_default_decoder', '_default_encoder', 'decoder', 'dump', 'dumps', 'encoder', 'load', 'loads', 'scanner'] >>> >>> >>>* json.__all__* ['dump', 'dumps', 'load', 'loads', 'JSONDecoder', 'JSONEncoder'] >>> >>> >>> *from json import tool* >>> >>> >>> dir(json) ['JSONDecoder', 'JSONEncoder', '__all__', '__author__', '__builtins__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__name__', '__package__', '__path__', '__version__', '_default_decoder', '_default_encoder', 'decoder', 'dump', 'dumps', 'encoder', 'load', 'loads', 'scanner', *'tool'*] >>> >>> >>> *json.__all__* ['dump', 'dumps', 'load', 'loads', 'JSONDecoder', 'JSONEncoder'] >>> >>> Regards Saju Madhavan +91 09535134654 On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 8:25 AM, Noufal Ibrahim <nou...@nibrahim.net.in>wrote: > Saager Mhatre <saager.mha...@gmail.com> writes: > > > On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 4:54 PM, Noufal Ibrahim <nou...@nibrahim.net.in > >wrote: > > > >> Saju M <sajup...@gmail.com> writes: > >> [...] > >> > > > >> > * Why dir(json) not showing "tool" ?? > >> > >> Because of the __all__ variable in the module. > >> http://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/modules.html > >> > > > > Noufal, > > Well, not quite, right? I posit it's basically because as per python > > module-import semantics, sub-modules don't end up as names in the > > package-module[*] unless explicitly added, right? > > Yes. I think that's more accurate. Mea culpa. > > [...] > > > -- > Cordially, > Noufal > http://nibrahim.net.in > _______________________________________________ > BangPypers mailing list > BangPypers@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
