Python 3.x : How do you enable direct access to custom library functions?-CodePudding

I am new to version 3.x, also new to putting together my own custom library. Here is just a practice library I put together contained in the "example" folder: .../site-packages/example/

Please reference below (toward the bottom) where I've provided the contents of all the files contained in the example library:

__init__.py
A.py
B.py

So in the python command line, the following works just fine

>>> import example as ex
>>> ex.a1()
a1
>>>

'ex.a1()' ouputs a1 as expected.
But I'm looking for a way to access function a1() without having to go through the "ex." like.. so:

>>> from example import a1
>>> a1()
a1
>>>

Is there a way I can enable this in the __init__.py file? ie there are a number of functions id like to be able to access directly without having to import each and every one of them via the example. function

__init__.py:

# from   .FOLDER   import   FUNCTION
from .A import *
from .B import b1

A.py:

def a1():          # simply prints.. "a1"
    print('a1')

def a2():          # simply prints.. "a2"
    print('a2')

B.py:

def b1():          # simply prints.. "b1"
    print('b1')

def b2():          # simply prints.. "b2"
    print('b2')

CodePudding user response：

I'm actually a bit surprised this doesn't work.. Anyways: You can add a . in front of the module imports in __init__.py to make them relative imports. That worked for me.

P.S.: You can write your module in a folder that's convenient for you, and then install it with a dynamic link: pip install -e .

CodePudding user response：

Not sure if this is the correct general solution but.. I was able to get/enable the features I was looking for with the following import statement:

>>> from example import *

The solution makes sense to me however if this is not the general solution to accomplishing this, someone please speak out. Thanks!