Unresolved import

[Michael Bartz]

I continue to get an "unresolved import error" from PyDev even though the module imports.

import atom
print atom.__file__

gives me the error even though I have added the site-package to both the PYTHONPATH and the project preferences. 

I am running the latest version of both Eclipse and PyDev

[ahunor]

Any ideas how to solve this ?

Installing django from package, addig dist-packages or site-packages, or just simply downloading it separately and adding the folder it resides in to the PYTHONPATH doesn't help.
I suppose it's a regression…a really nasty one.
Pointers on how to fix it ?

[Fabio Zadrozny]

Can you paste the pythonpath you're using and the place where the package is installed (to get the pythonpath, make a run and do import sys; print '\n'.join(sys.path).

Cheers,

Fabio

[Eugen]

Hello Guys,
I have slightly different one:

Importing test modules ... Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/eugen/Work/Helios-Python/eclipse/plugins/org.python.pydev.debug_1.6.4.2011010200/pysrc/pydev_runfiles.py", line 263, in __get_module_from_str
    mod = __import__(modname)
  File "/home/eugen/Work/Helios-Python/workspace/Dionysus/test/main/test_qaf.py", line 9, in <module>
    from Dionysus.DialogueManager.QAF import QafTemplate, QafInstance
  File "/home/eugen/Work/Helios-Python/workspace/Dionysus/src/Dionysus/DialogueManager/QAF.py", line 11, in <module>
    from Dionysus.DialogueManager.Context import Context
  File "/home/eugen/Work/Helios-Python/workspace/Dionysus/src/Dionysus/DialogueManager/Context.py", line 7, in <module>
    from Dionysus.DialogueManager.log_utils import log_debug
  File "/home/eugen/Work/Helios-Python/workspace/Dionysus/src/Dionysus/DialogueManager/log_utils.py", line 11, in <module>
    from Dionysus.DialogueManager import io_utils
  File "/home/eugen/Work/Helios-Python/workspace/Dionysus/src/Dionysus/DialogueManager/io_utils.py", line 8, in <module>
    from Dionysus.DialogueManager.QAF import QafTemplate
ImportError: cannot import name QafTemplate
ERROR: Module: test_qaf could not be imported (file: /home/eugen/Work/Helios-Python/workspace/Dionysus/test/main/test_qaf.py).

What seems to be the problem for me is 'file: /' there is a space and I think it is causing the error.
I started to have this error since I updated PyDev.
Any suggestions?

[Fabio Zadrozny]

I just took a look at the print and the space there is expected (so, that's not it).

Can you double check if you really have a QafTemplate  in the Dionysus.DialogueManager.QAF module?

Another thing, if you make a regular run of that module (/home/eugen/Work/Helios-Python/workspace/Dionysus/test/main/test_qaf.py) does it work? (note that you need to have a "unittest.main()" for it to properly run your tests in that case).

If it doesn't, then it's a problem in your code (not really in pydev), now, if it does, can you paste the pythonpath you're using?  (to get the pythonpath, make a run and do import sys; print '\n'.join(sys.path).

Cheers,

Fabio

[Eugen]

After 2 days of head-slamming on the table I have discovered an import loop in my code.

I have come to conclusion that Python does not handle cyclic imports.

The error "ImportError: cannot import name" is really annoying since it is not clear where to look for the problem, or at least there should be somewhere a list of TODO's when that error occur, to find the reason for the exception.

Thank you fabioz for your nicely crafted response.

Sincerely Eugen