python import a method that depends on a imported class

Question

So if I have 2 files that look like this:

File 1

import class1
import method1

def method2(something):
    result = method1(classname=class1)

File 2

def method1(classname):
    some_result = classname.resultfinder
    return some_result

Will this work?

I mean, since I am not importing class1 in the file where method1 lives, but method1 still ends up using class1. Will method1 have access to class1 via the import made in File 1 where method 1 is imported to?

Answer 1

I think that should be fine - imagine having to import every possible type that could be passed to a function at runtime. I don't think a "dynamic" language like that would last very long.

Answer 2

What happened when you tried it?

Note that your import of method1 is wrong. Apart from that --- yes, you do not need to import everything. Do you think the standard library imports your stuff whenever you use it? ;-)

Answer 3

It doesn't quite look right--you don't exactly "import class1", you more import a module (in a file) that contains class1, or a module that contains method1. So I'd expect to see more like

from file2 import method1
from file3 import class1

Also, method1 doesn't so much take a class name as a class object. Or should that be a class instance object? Sorry if I'm being picky, but hopefully it's educational to consider the distinction.