Question

I am reading a python code and meet a code like this.

import mod1 as m

# ...

do_something(m.sub_a) #1

However in m, sub_a is missing, but sub_aa exists. How can I make change in the code to rename sub_a into sub_aa without changing the code in #1? Like,

import mod1 as m

import mod1.sub_aa as mod1.sub_a # do something like this

do_something(m.sub_a) 

p.s. As sub_a has been used in many files, and mod1 is not suggest to modify, I have to write some wrapper to do this.

Answer 1

import mod1.sub_aa as mod1.sub_a is a syntax error, because you can only have a simple name on the right side of as, not a name inside a module.

You can use assignment to create a new name inside the module instead:

m.sub_a = m.sub_aa