On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Dave Angel <da...@ieee.org> wrote: > Eric Pavey wrote: > >> On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 4:09 AM, Kent Johnson <ken...@tds.net> wrote: >> >> >> >>> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 9:31 PM, Eric Pavey <warp...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Say I have this package layout >>>> >>>> \myPackage >>>> >>>> __init__.py >>>> moduleA.py >>>> moduleB.py >>>> >>>> Is there a way (and I'm sure there is...) to query, for a given package >>>> level, which modules live under it? >>>> I thought I could do it like so: >>>> >>>> import myPackage >>>> goodQualityInfo = dir(myPackage) >>>> >>>> >>> One way to do this is to include an __all__ attribute in __init__.p]: >>> __all__ = ['moduleA', 'moduleB'] >>> >>> Then instead of dir(myPackage) use myPackage.__all__. >>> >>> The name is standard though it is usually used for a slightly different >>> purpose: >>> http://docs.python.org/tutorial/modules.html#importing-from-a-package >>> >>> Kent >>> >> >> Thanks. I was considering that too, but I want to be able to have people >> drop modules in that dir and "be done with it": Not also have them also >> need to update __all__ in __init__.py >> Appreciate the suggestion though. >> My current hacky plan is just query the location on disk of the imported >> package, then do a dir search for .py files in that dir, and process >> those. >> Seems clunky though. >> >> Doesn't seem clunky to me. And if you do it in __init__.py, you can use > the __file__ attribute to get your base directory. Just put the results in > __all__ and you combine both ideas. > > DaveA >
Starting to like that more ;) thanks
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