On Sat, 29 Oct 2016 08:24 am, John Gordon wrote: > After importing a module, I can access some of its submodules directly > but others require an explicit import of the submodule. [...] > Why the difference?
Ask the author of the package. Try this experiment: create a package called "imptest" with this directory structure: imptest/ +-- __init__.py +-- spam.py +-- eggs.py That is, a single directory called "imptest", containing three files "__init__.py" (that's TWO leading and trailing underscores), "spam.py" and "eggs.py". spam and eggs can remain blank. Inside __init__.py put: import imptest.spam print(spam) Save and close the file, and then launch Python. Try: import imptest imptest.spam # this should work imptest.eggs # this should fail import imptest.eggs imptest.eggs # this should now work -- Steve “Cheer up,” they said, “things could be worse.” So I cheered up, and sure enough, things got worse. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
