python: from modules import abc.py does not work
Question: I have recently switched from python 2.7 to python 3.2

considering following folder structure:

    
    
    ~/my_program
    ~/my_program/modules
    

where *my_program* is the root of the application, containing main script
called _main.py_

    
    
      *my_program/modules* is used to store all additional classes and subscripts
    

in python2.x I was able to import any file "module" the same way I do import
standard modules

    
    
    from modules import abc.py 
    

however, while I try to launch the same program in python3.2 I get the error
message saying:

    
    
    File "/my_program/modules/__init__.py" line 1
    import abc, def
    
    ImportError: No module named abc
    

Please advise


Answer: It's a good example you are using, because "abc" is in fact a module in the
standard library. So in fact, if you in Python 3 do `import abc` that will
work just fine, but you will get the standard library module.

In Python 2, if you had a local module called abc.py, that `import abc` would
import the local module instead. That means you couldn't import the module
from the standard library.

In Python 3, this has been changed, and you now need to use the fully
qualified name, in your case probably `from modules import abc`.

