On 07/19/2012 09:24 AM, Benjamin Root wrote: > Working on my refactor of axes.py, I needed to use defaultdict and > possibly OrderedDict from the collections standard module. Problem is > that matplotlib already has a collections.py module in lib/matplotlib. > This file takes precedence in the import process and gets in my way. > Does anybody know of any way to force the import to do what I want? > This has completely stumped me.
Looking at http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0328/ it appears that for 2.6 and later, using from __future__ import absolute_import should cause "import collections" to refer to the standard library. Eric > > Thanks, > Ben Root > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel