[TriLUG] OT: beginner python question, what does "import" do

[jonc]

A package can contain multiple modules. When the package is loaded into
Python the modules are registered and you can import them into your
local version of Python.

>From a command line in Python try typing:
  import this

That's all you need to know...

Jon

On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 10:57, Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:
> I don't know anything about python, but preliminary googling
> in Python tutorials hasn't found the answer.
> 
> I have a python program which has
> 
> import dbus
> import gtk
> 
> and which runs without errors (so I assume it has found
> dbus and gtk). The program install notes say to
> make sure dbus.py is in PYTHONPATH (set to 
> "/usr/lib/python2.4;/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages").
> 
> >From this instruction I would assume that the
> "import dbus" call includes the file dbus.py.
> 
> However there is no dbus.py/pyc or gtk.py/pyc on the machine.
> There is a _dbus.py and pygtk.py in $PYTHONPATH.
> _dbus.py itself imports dbus, so can't be exporting it.
> pygtk.py doesn't seem to export a label "gtk".
> 
> Where is the program importing dbus and gtk from?
> 
> Thanks Joe
> 
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