Python : importing different module with same name

Question

I am working on a project that requires to have several modules with the same name. This is a representative extract of the architecture, with __init__.py files to show which folders are modules:

/path1
    /ProjectA
        __init__.py
        /src
            __init__.py
            /ctrl
                __init__.py
                somectrl.py
            ...
/path2
    /ProjectA
        __init__.py
        /src
            __init__.py
            someclass.py

And in my class someclass.py, I want to import somectrl.py like this :

from ProjectA.src.ctrl import somectrl

But the import fails: it tells me that there is no ctrl package. Seems like it just looks into ProjectA from path2, and completely ignores ProjectA from path1 ! Both path1 and path2 are in my PYTHONPATH. So can't they both be reached?

Is there a clean way out of this nasty situation?

Except making "path1" and "path2" packages on their own I don't see much solution here. — bruno desthuilliers
– bruno desthuilliers, Commented Oct 1, 2015 at 9:48
"I am working on a project that requires to have several modules with the same name" - well there's your problem. — jonrsharpe
– jonrsharpe, Commented Oct 1, 2015 at 9:56
jonrsharpe - i am well aware that the situation itself is the problem :) — Rinita
– Rinita, Commented Oct 1, 2015 at 12:16

Chengy · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-01 10:47:50Z

5

One way would be to use the imp module.

import imp
somectrl = imp.load_source("somectrl", "path1/ProjectA/src/ctrl/somectrl.py")
someclass = imp.load_source("someclass", "path2/ProjectA/src/someclass.py")

answered Oct 1, 2015 at 10:47

Chengy

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