Apr 1, 2013 · Make a python module install-able with "pip install ..." Here is an absolute minimal example, showing the basic steps of preparing and uploading your package to PyPI using …

41 Python allows for private class members with the double underscore prefix. This technique doesn't work at a module level so I am thinking this is a mistake in Dive Into Python. Here is …

from spam import module If you remove the __init__.py file, Python will no longer look for submodules inside that directory, so attempts to import the module will fail. The __init__.py file …

I am working on a package in Python. I use virtualenv. I set the path to the root of the module in a .pth path in my virtualenv, so that I can import modules of the package while developing the cod...

Mar 1, 2016 · So this would suggest that it is ok to put imports in the __init__ module, if __init__ is being used to expose functions from submodules. Here is a short blog post I found with a …

The OOP way of doing this would be to make your module a class instead of a set of unbound methods. Then you could use __init__ or a setter method to set the variables from the caller …

The __init__.py files are required to make Python treat the directories as containing packages; this is done to prevent directories with a common name, such as string, from unintentionally …

Unconditionally importing that module may fail on some systems because it isn't installed or if it is installed it loads all installed backends, including some that might need X or tkinter, which in …

Dec 30, 2009 · Here is what is going on. First, the only global variables Python really has are module-scoped variables. You cannot make a variable that is truly global; all you can do is …

The Tkinter library in the Python standard library is an interactive tool which you can import. Basically, you can create buttons and boxes and popups and stuff that appear as windows …