Another absolute import problem

Question

I'm having problems with my own modules overriding built in Python ones (specifically the logging module). Here's my project layout:

run.py
package/
        __init__.py
        logging/
                __init__.py
        ...

run.py

from package import main

main()

package/__init__.py

from __future__ import absolute_import
import logging
import logging.config

def main():
    logging.config.fileConfig(...)

package/logging/__init__.py

class Logging(object):
    pass

As it stands right now, the above code works. As soon as I try to import the Logging class from package.logging like so:

from __future__ import absolute_import

import logging
import logging.config
from package.logging import Logging

def main():
    logging.config.fileConfig(...)

I get an error:

AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'config'

I've read the PEP 328 release notes and found absolute imports to be rather straightforward. Unfortunately I haven't been able to figure this one out.

What am I missing here?

Answer 1

You can use relative imports to force where python looks for the modules first:

in package/__init__.py

from . import logging

Answer 2

I don't see anything creating config