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I'm writing a module called foo that has many internal functions, but ultimately boils down to a single external function foo(). When using this module/function, I'd like to do import foo foo(...

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Considering a namespace package in python 3.7, how would I pass an argument to my package when I initialise it? my_package __init__.py I wish to be able to call my_package(arg). Thank you,

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Apologies if this has been asked before, I'm not sure how to search for this. I'm trying to structure my module in a way that allows me to do this: import module module() How can I do this? My ...

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How can implement the equivalent of a __getattr__ on a class, on a module? Example When calling a function that does not exist in a module's statically defined attributes, I wish to create an ...

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With python properties, I can make it such that obj.y calls a function rather than just returning a value. Is there a way to do this with modules? I have a case where I want module.y to call a ...

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Can a python module have a __repr__? The idea would be to do something like: import mymodule print mymodule EDIT: precision: I mean a user-defined repr!

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Given a frame object, I need to get the corresponding module object. In other words, implement callers_module so this works: import sys from some_other_module import callers_module assert sys....

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I'm a minor contributor to a package where people are meant to do this (Foo.Bar.Bar is a class): >>> from Foo.Bar import Bar >>> s = Bar('a') Sometimes people do this by mistake (...

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The documentation for __init__.py is quite hard to find. I can't find a place that explains all the things you can do in this file. The Python module documentation barely even mentions __init__.py nor ...

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I'm coming back to python and having trouble with import paths. Can someone explain the logic, or a better way of doing this? If I have a class called Sentence in structure like base.py models/...

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I do have the situation as follows: main.py moduleA.py moduleB.py moduleA contains main() function moduleB contains main() function I do in main: import moduleA, moduleB def main(): moduleA....

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I have this module, wat.py import re import types import sys hello = "Hello World" class MyModule(types.ModuleType): def get_re(self): return re def get_hello(self): return ...

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Is it possible to make a module callable with parameters? I am trying to make a callable module on Python, following the question and its answers Callable modules, like so: foo.py import sys class ...

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I have a module with the structure: - mymodule - mymodule __init__.py core.py setup.py __init__.py contents: from .core import MyClass So now when I import my module I have to do: ...

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This is closely related to: Importing modules in Python - best practice , but the following case is not really discussed in details. If we have a module coordinates that defines one class ...