Python "from [dot]package import …" syntax
Question:
Looking through a Django tutorial I saw the following syntax:
from .models import Recipe, Ingredient, Instruction
Can someone explain how the .models works / what it does exactly? Usually I have:
from myapp.models import
How does it work without the myapp part in front of .models?
Answers:
Possible duplicate: What does a . in an import statement in Python mean?
The . is a shortcut that tells it to search in the current package before the rest of the PYTHONPATH. So, if a same-named module Recipe exists somewhere else in your PYTHONPATH, it won’t be loaded.
In addition of Sudeep Juvekar, this question is also related to manage.py‘s behavior.
In django-admin.py and manage.py:
It puts your project’s package on sys.path.
Looking through a Django tutorial I saw the following syntax:
from .models import Recipe, Ingredient, Instruction
Can someone explain how the .models works / what it does exactly? Usually I have:
from myapp.models import
How does it work without the myapp part in front of .models?
Possible duplicate: What does a . in an import statement in Python mean?
The . is a shortcut that tells it to search in the current package before the rest of the PYTHONPATH. So, if a same-named module Recipe exists somewhere else in your PYTHONPATH, it won’t be loaded.
In addition of Sudeep Juvekar, this question is also related to manage.py‘s behavior.
In django-admin.py and manage.py:
It puts your project’s package on
sys.path.