Question

I am making a python package where I currently have a structure as below:

application/utils.py

class settings():
  function foo():
    bla bla bla

class debug():
  function bar():
    bla bla bla

Then in other modules the import of the settings and debug classes can be done as below:

import application.utils.settings
import application.utils.debug

But now, the classes are getting pretty big and I would like to put them in separates files.

application/utils/settings.py

class settings():
  function foo():
    bla bla bla

application/utils/debug.py

class debug():
  function bar():
    bla bla bla

In that case, importing the debug and settings classes would be as below:

import application.utils.settings.settings
import application.utils.debug.debug

That I feel quite unnatural.
Is it the right way to do that or am I missing something?

Answer 1

You can write in application/utils/__init__.py:

from application.utils.settings import Settings
from application.utils.debug import Debug

Then you will access Settings and Debug classes shorter

from application.utils import Settings
from application.utils import Debug

Don’t name your classes and modules the same. Read PEP8 about naming convention