module/function naming conventions

[s...@weacceptyou.com]

hi there.

i have been reading the python document on naming conventions to try and avoid clashes when import modules and classes with the same names.

i am able to import a function from a module with the same name as the module eg

from samDev.rigging.TOPOCOAT.configure import configure

(the second 'configure' being a def inside the 'configure.py' module). However if i update this function and use the reload command:

reload (configure)

i think python is confusing the 'configure' module name with the function, resulting in this error:

# TypeError: reload() argument must be module #

If there was different casing for the module name and the function name it would work. But apparently it is convention for modules and functions to be in lower case. Is there a way around this. Or should i just rename the function to something else?

thanks,
Sam

[Justin Israel]

If you plan to use the reload() function, then don't use the "import from" syntax. You only want the symbol for the module and not to hold onto any symbols from that module. Otherwise when you reload, you will still have old symbols.

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[Cesar Saez]

Also having to repeat the name everywhere kinda sucks, I would recommend to start from the usage code and find a way to make that interface possible (aggregating symbols in an dounder init module or simply picking better names).

I.e.
import awesomeness

awesomeness.configure()
awesomeness.run()

[s...@weacceptyou.com]

great thanks for the help ;)