[Cython] Intra-package reference not working with cimport

[Stefan Behnel]

Hi,

Greg Ewing wrote:
> Stephane DROUARD wrote:
> 
>> it might also be nice to support a syntax like:
>>   cimport foo "pkg.foo"
>> That would load foo.pxd from the path list (-I) but would generate the
>> equivalent import of pkg.foo at runtime.
> 
> If this is purely a matter of source code layout, then
> there's an alternative availalable in Pyrex: if you
> name your source files
> 
>    pkg.foo.pxd
> 
> and
> 
>    pkg.foo.pyx
> 
> then they can be anywhere in the source tree (as long as
> the .pxd can be found on the -I path) and the module will
> be assumed to be named pkg.foo at run time.
> 
> I don't know whether Cython still supports this, though.

It does, I use this in lxml (although only for legacy reasons).

Stefan