[snip]
The key is to put all the core functionality into a package, and
place the package where Python can find it. Also, it's a good idea
to use relative imports from inside the package. There is no need to
juggle with sys.path nor even set PYTHONPATH nor import __main__ nor
play any strange games; it Just Works (tm).
please don't get angry,
I'm not a programmer, I'm just a human ;-)
Hierarchical choices are done on todays knowledge, tomorrow we might
have different views and want/need to arrange things in another way.
An otter may become a reptile ;-)
So from the human viewpoint the following should be possible (and is
for example possible in Delphi)
- I can move the complete project anywhere I like and it should still
work without any modifications (when I move my desk I can still do my
work)
Move a complete package anywhere along the PYTHONPATH and it will
still work. Check.
- I can move any file in he project to any other place in the project
and again everything should work without any modifications ( when I
rearrange my books, I can still find a specific book)
Move any file in any directory to any other spot in that same
directory and it will still work. Check. ;-)
sub ;-)
Humans are a lot smarter than computers. Even 'just humans'. ;-) If
you move your book, then can't find it on the last shelf it used to be
on, you look on other shelves, you look on your desk, you look on the
coffe table, you look in your car, etc, etc, and so forth. If you
move a file in a package to somewhere else, and you don't tell the
package where it's at, it's not going to start looking all over the
hard-drive for it.
I didn't say "whole the world";-)
If that were the case you would have to be extra careful to have
every module's name be distinct, and then what's the point of having
packages?
Yes, I still wonder !
cheers,
Stef
~Ethan~
In my humble opinion if these actions are not possible, there must be
redundant information in the collection. The only valid reason for
redundant information is to perform self healing (or call it error
correction), and here we have a catch-22.
cheers,
Stef Mientki
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