Re: [Tutor] masking library files

2014-04-10 Thread Dave Angel
uga...@talktalk.net Wrote in message: > Please write in plain English if you want to be understood Like the op, you post in html. There are a bunch of things that can wrong when you do that, so you should use text mail instead. In the case of the op, he apparently changed the text color to

Re: [Tutor] masking library files

2014-04-10 Thread Danny Yoo
Apologies for the multiple emails. I'm still paging in from memory how Python imports are working these days. :P If you have the freedom to do so, you may also turn on the absolute import system: https://docs.python.org/2/whatsnew/2.5.html#pep-328-absolute-and-relative-imports so that you

Re: [Tutor] masking library files

2014-04-10 Thread Alan Gauld
On 10/04/14 19:09, uga...@talktalk.net wrote: I do have a Reply All command, but as in this case, there is no recipient other than myself to be included. That's because I (deliberately) replied only to you. :-) commandseems to generate an alert warning message, when recipients include a mail-

Re: [Tutor] masking library files

2014-04-10 Thread Danny Yoo
On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 7:17 AM, wrote: > Is it common for files saved to a working directory to 'mask' library files > located in the Python framework? Hi ugajin, To come back to your original question: yes, unfortunately this happens. I think it's a flaw in the language. There are steps to

Re: [Tutor] masking library files

2014-04-10 Thread Danny Yoo
We should get back to the topic. Did you have a Python question? Meta-discussion on mailing list etiquette must not dominate discussion on helping people learning to program with Python. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change s

Re: [Tutor] masking library files

2014-04-10 Thread ugajin
y even have a mailing list mode that detects lists (or allows you to specify them) and auto uses replyall... Alan g. > -Original Message- > From: uga...@talktalk.net > To: alan.ga...@btinternet.com > Sent: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 13:15 > Subject: Re: [Tutor] masking libr

Re: [Tutor] masking library files

2014-04-10 Thread Alan Gauld
On 10/04/14 10:30, uga...@talktalk.net wrote: On 10/04/2014 02:20, uga...@talktalk.net wrote: Please write in plain English if you want to be understood. -Original Message- From: Dave Angel To: tutor@python.org A message left in invisible ink. Please post in text form, not htm

Re: [Tutor] masking library files

2014-04-10 Thread ugajin
-Original Message- From: uga...@talktalk.net To: tutor@python.org Sent: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 10:17 Subject: Re: [Tutor] masking library files -Original Message- From: Mark Lawrence To: tutor@python.org Sent: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 9:36 Subject: Re: [Tutor] masking library files

Re: [Tutor] masking library files

2014-04-10 Thread ugajin
-Original Message- From: Mark Lawrence To: tutor@python.org Sent: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 9:36 Subject: Re: [Tutor] masking library files On 10/04/2014 02:20, uga...@talktalk.net wrote: > Please write in plain English if you want to be understood. > > > -Orig

Re: [Tutor] masking library files

2014-04-10 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 10/04/2014 02:20, uga...@talktalk.net wrote: Please write in plain English if you want to be understood. -Original Message- From: Dave Angel To: tutor@python.org Sent: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 2:00 Subject: Re: [Tutor] masking library files uga...@talktalk.net Wrote in message: A

Re: [Tutor] masking library files

2014-04-09 Thread ugajin
Please write in plain English if you want to be understood. -Original Message- From: Dave Angel To: tutor@python.org Sent: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 2:00 Subject: Re: [Tutor] masking library files uga...@talktalk.net Wrote in message

Re: [Tutor] masking library files

2014-04-09 Thread Dave Angel
uga...@talktalk.net Wrote in message: > ___ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > A message left in invisible ink. Please post in text form, not html,

Re: [Tutor] masking library files

2014-04-09 Thread Alan Gauld
On 09/04/14 15:17, uga...@talktalk.net wrote: Is it common for files saved to a working directory to 'mask' library files located in the Python framework? Python looks in the local directory first so if you name a module with the name of one of the standard modules Python will, quite reasonabl

Re: [Tutor] masking library files

2014-04-09 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 09/04/2014 15:17, uga...@talktalk.net wrote: Is it common for files saved to a working directory to 'mask' library files located in the Python framework? -A Yes. -- My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask what you can do for our language. Mark Lawrence ---

[Tutor] masking library files

2014-04-09 Thread ugajin
Is it common for files saved to a working directory to 'mask' library files located in the Python framework? -A ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor