Iyer, Prasad C wrote: > Actually I am bit confused between the modules and .py file > How do I differentiate between the 2. > > For example > I have a file import1.py, import2.py file > Which has few functions and classes > And if I have a class with same name "BaseClass" in both the file > > How would I use it if I declare it as given below in my 3rd class > > from import1.py import * > from import2.py import *
Name conflicts like that are a good reason not to use from ... import *, but instead: import import1 import import2 bc1 = import1.BaseClass() bc2 = import2.BaseClass() (Note: don't include the extension .py in the import statements) Namespaces are great for preventing name conflicts; don't circumtvent them by blindly importing everything into the same namespace. As the Zen of Python says: "Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those!" -- If I have been able to see further, it was only because I stood on the shoulders of giants. -- Isaac Newton Roel Schroeven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
