How to keep a module with the same name as a module it is importing from importing itself?

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All:

I am struggling with an import problem...

In my package, myapp, I have a module, logging.py.  That module,
naturally, imports the library module logging with an 'import logging'
statement.  However, when I use 'import myapp.logging' in my script,
the myapp.logging module tries to import itself rather than the library
logging module.

How can I prevent this from happening other than using a name that
doesn't conflict?

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Handling import conflicts when module has the same name as a library module that it needs to import?

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All:

I am struggling with an import problem...

In my package, myapp, there is a module called logging. This module,
naturally, imports the standard library module logging.  However, when
I try 'import myapp.logging', the 'import logging' statement appears to
be finding the myapp.logging module instead of the one in the standard
library.

How can I ensure that my logging module doesn't try to import itself?

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Handling import conflicts when module has the same name as a library module that it needs to import?

[plb]

All:

I am struggling with an import problem...

In my package, myapp, there is a module called logging. This module,
naturally, imports the standard library module logging.  However, when
I try 'import myapp.logging', the 'import logging' statement appears to
be finding the myapp.logging module instead of the one in the standard
library.

How can I ensure that my logging module doesn't try to import itself?

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Re: How to keep a module with the same name as a module it is importing from importing itself?

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Good call!  The following snippet solved my problems portably.

path = sys.path[1:]
file, filename, description = imp.find_module('logging', path)
logging = imp.load_module('logging', file, filename, description)

Thanks!

--Peter

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