On 07/19/2012 09:24 AM, Benjamin Root wrote: > Working on my refactor of axes.py, I needed to use defaultdict and > possibly OrderedDict from the collections standard module. Problem is > that matplotlib already has a collections.py module in lib/matplotlib. > This file takes precedence in the import process and gets in my way. > Does anybody know of any way to force the import to do what I want? > This has completely stumped me. Looking at http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0328/ it appears that for 2.6 and later, using from __future__ import absolute_import should cause "import collections" to refer to the standard library. Eric > > Thanks, > Ben Root > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-devel mailing list > Mat...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel >