The import statement is used for namespaces, which usually (but don't have to) match the assembly names. You reference the assembly once, and import whatever types/namespaces you need from it. Thinking of it in another way, referencing the assembly grants the ability to import from that assembly. But in itself it does nothing apparent from the perspective of the consuming script.
This is similar to how C#/VB work where you reference the assembly once for your project, and then you place using/import statements at the top of individual code files to bring the types contained within the assembly into scope. Keith Rome Senior Consultant and Architect MCPD-EAD, MCSD, MCDBA, MCTS-WPF, MCTS-TFS, MCTS-WSS Wintellect | 770.617.4016 | kr...@wintellect.com<mailto:r...@wintellect.com> www.wintellect.com<http://www.wintellect.com/> From: ironpython-users-bounces+rome=wintellect....@python.org [mailto:ironpython-users-bounces+rome=wintellect....@python.org] On Behalf Of Geoffrey Bantle Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2012 6:07 PM To: ironpython-users@python.org Subject: [Ironpython-users] Dotted assembly names and import Hello, I have a question about assemblies compiled with pyc.py. If you just name them normally like, "Foobar.dll" or "Snafu.dll" you can add a reference to them and import them into IronPython as one would expect. If however you name them like "Foobar.Snafu.dll" you can add a reference to them but it does not seem like you can import them at all. You are given the error: "ImportError: No module named Snafu" Is this intended behavior? My understanding is that dotted assembly names are quite common in .Net and I have a project where I would like to have assemblies compiled by pyc.py to sit side by side with assemblies written in C#. Maybe this is not the natural way to do things? Any help is appreciated. Best Regards, Geoffrey Bantle gban...@gmail.com<mailto:gban...@gmail.com>
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