python relative import weirdness

Question

I have a file:

STARTDIR/module/submodule/config.py

I have another file:

STARDIR/utils/filesys/getAbsPath.py

Why does this line work, in config.py?

from ..utils.filesys import getAbsPath

It seems like .. refers to module, not STARTDIR. There is no utils in module at all. In fact, doing

from .. import utils

yields

ImportError: cannot import name utils

Answer 1

This should work:

from ...utils.filesystem import getAbsPath

This is because:

• from . import … imports from STARTDIR/module/submodule/
• from .. import … imports from STARTDIR/module/
• from ... import … imports from STARTDIR/