Nested Imports (Nimp)
Allows nested imports, a la Java. Nimp installs a harmless meta import-hook that adds support for nested packages, i.e., multiple packages that “live” under a common namespace. This is the idiom in Java, where you have packages like com.foo.bar.spam and com.foo.bar.eggs, as well as in Haskell and several other languages. Nimp basically allows packages to “inject” themselves into shared namespaces.
Compatible with Python 2.3-2.7 and 3.0 and up.
You can read more about nimp and __lazy__ on my blog.
Usage
import nimp nimp.install()
You can add these two lines to your site.py script, so you’ll get Nimp out of the box.
Benefits
Allows for distributing “plug-in” packages independently: consider a project like twisted, made of several add-on packages (but without hacking distutils too much).
A project may depend on package X.Y without having to depend on X.
These nested-packages can be found anywhere on your python path (they don’t have to be located in the same directory)
A small (less than 100 LoC) standalone module that does all the magic for you – no third-party cooperation required.
Example Layout
Consider the following directory structure, somewhere on your python path (say, site-packages):
site-packages/
com-ibm-storage/
files...
com-ibm-storage-plugins/
files...
com-ibm-pythontools/
files...
After calling nimp.install(), the following imports will work as expected:
import com # a namespace package (empty) import com.ibm # a namespace package (empty) import com.ibm.pythontools # a real package com.ibm.pythontools.myfunc(1,2,3) # and of course `from x import y` works too from com.ibm.storage import ScsiDisk # note how the `plugins` package is "injected" into `storage` from com.ibm.storage.plugins import MySQLPlugin
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