How to interpret "from . import function_name"?

Question

Inside numpy.fft._pocketfft.py you can find import commands like:

from . import _pocketfft_internal as pfi

How would I interpret this line?

https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/modules.html#intra-package-references — juanpa.arrivillaga, Jun 14 '20 at 16:02

Zain Arshad · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-14T16:01:03.337

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. means from current package. Hence, this line means:

from . import _pocketfft_internal as pfi

Import _pocketfft_internal from current package, you should be able to see a file named _pocketfft_internal.py in the current directory. You can study more about this from here

edited Jun 14 '20 at 16:01

answered Jun 14 '20 at 15:58

Zain Arshad

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That was exactly what I wanted to know. Thank you. Will accept as answer in 12 minutes. – Artur Müller Romanov Jun 14 '20 at 15:59

How to interpret "from . import function_name"?

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