title: shorten the namespace in python
body: <p>I want to shorten my namespace from say
  <strong>sandbox.auto.tools</strong> to <strong>sandbox.tools</strong>. How do I achieve that (auto is redundant)? I looked through other messages but didn't really find something similar to what I am looking for. Below is my  directory structure.</p>
  
  <pre><code>sandbox\auto\tools\foo.py (contains a function display() as described below)
      def display():
          print "hello"
  
  sandbox\test\bar.py 
      import sandbox.auto.tools as sandbox.tools (Error)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I know I can do the following.</p>
  
  <pre><code>  sandboox\test\bar.py 
      from sandbox.auto.tools import foo as tools
      tools.display()
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any suggestions/pointers ?</p>