Question

I’m kinda new to Python, so i’m still lost in the whole namespace thing.
I’ve created a package, with the init file in it and also a classname.py file, with the class, obviously.
For instance:
from parachute import container, emitter

I tried to instance the class Container directly, but it gave me an error, so i had to instance it as container.Container(). How can i avoid doing this?
Basically, what i want to do is to import a class from a package and avoid typing the package name and/or the file name.
Thanks in advance, and please let me know if the question isn’t clear enough.

UPDATE
The structure i have is:
– parachute
— init.py

-- container.py
    Serves as a controller, i'd say, instancing, calling and glueing all the other parts    together.

-- sparkles.py
    Has two classes: Sparkle and Sparkles. Sparkle is a single element, with only one    property so far, and Sparkles serves as a collection.  Sparkles() belongs to the Emitter, and Sparkle() belongs to Sparkles().

-- emitter.py 
    Emitter could be seen as the user entity. It has a name and an uid, it belongs to a Container and the Container belongs to it.

Now, from outside the package i’m calling Container and passing some arguments, and the Container instances and distributes the arguments as it needs.
I have the impression that this isn’t the best way to do what i need to do, which is: Create a collection of sparkles, owned by the emitter.

Answer 1

Don’t put the class in it’s own file. Put Container and Emitter directly in parachute.py.

You can then do

from parachute import Container, Emitter

or

import parachute

container = parachute.Container()

This essentially boils down to “Python isn’t Java so for best results, don’t treat it like it is” 😉