Maybe looking at the todays thread ["dynamical" importing] can be helpful also here.
Claudio P.S. Below a copy of one of the responses: : Joerg Schuster wrote: > I need to import modules from user defined paths. I.e. I want to do > something like: > > module_dir = sys.argv[1] > > my_path = os.path.join(module_dir, 'bin', 'my_module') > > from my_path import my_object > > Obviously, it doesn't work this way. How would it work? some alternatives: - if you want the modules to remain imported: try: sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(module_dir, "bin")) module = __import__("my_module") finally: del sys.path[0] object = module.my_object - if you're only interested in the object: namespace = {} execfile(os.path.join(module_dir, "bin", "my_module" + ".py"), namespace) object = namespace["my_object"] </F> "TokiDoki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hello there, > > I have been programming python for a little while, now. But as I am > beginning to do more complex stuff, I am running into small organization > problems. > It is possible that what I want to obtain is not possible, but I would > like the advice of more experienced python programmers. > > I am writing a relatively complex program in python that has now around > 40 files. > At first, I had all of my files in one single directory, but now, with > the increasing number of files, it is becoming hard to browse my directory. > So, I would want to be able to divide the files between 8 directory, > according to their purpose. The problem is that it breaks the 'import's > between my files. And besides,AFAIK, there is no easy way to import a > file that is not in a subdirectory of the current file (I suppose I > could adjust the os.path in every file, but that seems not very elegant > to me). > I thought about turning the whole into a package. But I have to change > every 'import module_name' into > 'from package_name.sub_directory_name import module_name' > which is a little bit time consuming and not very flexible (if I change > my mind about the subdirectory a file belongs to, I will have to track > again every import to correct them) > > So, basically, here is the point: is there an 'elegant' way to keep my > files in separate directory and still be able to import between them > with simple 'import filename'? > > And if not, what would be the standard way to organize numerous python > files belonging to the same project? > > Thank you, > > TokiDoki -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list