Re: problem with import path on a python C extension

2009-02-09 Thread Carsten Haese
fredbasset1...@gmail.com wrote: > I can only get it to work if I copy the .so file to the directory > where daemon.py is and change the import to "import diomodule". And to supplement my previous reply, another solution is to make sure that /root/project/drivers/dio is in your PYTHONPATH. Then you

Re: problem with import path on a python C extension

2009-02-09 Thread Carsten Haese
fredbasset1...@gmail.com wrote: > [...] > So my question is why can't Python locate the new extension module > when I try to import it with "import project.drivers.dio.diomodule"? This import statement binds the module to the name "project.drivers.dio.diomodule". It does not bind anything to the na

problem with import path on a python C extension

2009-02-09 Thread fredbasset1000
Hi All, I've written a simple Python extension module in C, but Python is having problems trying to locate it when I import it into an existing Python file. In my example, I wrote a C extension called "diomodule" which exists in the directory : /root/project/drivers/dio/ diomodule.c. It has comp