> the construct > > from oddmodule import OddVariable, OddFunction > > assigns the *values* of the given module names to new variables in the > importing module's namespace. that is, you're binding new names to the > values the variables happen to have when the from-import statement is > executed.
Ah right, this does indeed explain what I'm seeing. For some reason I thought "from module import variable" magically makes "variable" an "alias", so to speak, for "module.var", which of course it does not. > Yes. Think of > > from module import var > > as a shortcut for > > import module > var = module.var > del module Good tip, I'll remember this. Thanks very much Fredrik, Peter! Roman -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
