python relative import

README.adoc

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 template class O3ThreadContext<O3CPUImpl>;
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+see also: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/64420547/in-gem5-how-do-i-know-the-specific-location-of-the-class/64423633#64423633
+
 Unlike in `SimpleThread` however, `O3ThreadContext` does not contain the register data itself, e.g. `O3ThreadContext::readIntRegFlat` instead forwards to `cpu`:
 
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 * https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732438/how-do-i-run-all-python-unit-tests-in-a-directory
 * https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46976256/recursive-unittest-discovery-with-python3-and-without-init-py-files
 
+====== Python relative imports
+
+link:rootfs_overlay/lkmc/python/relative_import/[] contains examples to test how how to do relative imports in Python.
+
+This subject is impossible to understand.
+
+Related questions:
+
+* https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16981921/relative-imports-in-python-3
+* https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14132789/relative-imports-for-the-billionth-time
+* https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21490860/relative-imports-with-unittest-in-python
+* https://stackoverflow.com/questions/714063/importing-modules-from-parent-folder
+
 ===== Build and install the interpreter
 
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rootfs_overlay/lkmc/python/relative_import/README.adoc

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+https://cirosantilli.com/linux-kernel-module-cheat#python-relative-imports

rootfs_overlay/lkmc/python/relative_import/mydir/myfile_user.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import myfile
+
+assert myfile.a == 1
+
+b = myfile.a + 1

rootfs_overlay/lkmc/python/relative_import/myfile.py

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+a = 1

rootfs_overlay/lkmc/python/relative_import/myfile_user.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import myfile
+import mydir.myfile_user
+
+assert myfile.a == 1
+assert mydir.myfile_user.b == 2

rootfs_overlay/lkmc/python/relative_import/test

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -eux
+
+# myfile_user works from all directories.
+./myfile_user.py
+cd ..
+relative_import/myfile_user.py
+cd relative_import/mydir
+../myfile_user.py
+cd ..
+
+# TODO any better way to run mydir/myfile_user.py?
+
+# ./mydir/myfile_user.py
+#Traceback (most recent call last):
+#  File "./mydir/myfile_user.py", line 3, in <module>
+#    import myfile
+#ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'myfile'
+
+python -m mydir.myfile_user