Revision as of 02:30, 4 January 2023

Internal

All module and package instances are represented internally as instances of the module

Once imported, the file associated with the module can be determined using the module object's __file__ attribute:

import mymodule
[...]
print(mymodule.__file__)

The directory portion of __file__ should be one of the directories in sys.path.

The __path__ attribute exists only for module instances that represent packages, not for those instances that represent ordinary modules.

__path__ contains the path of the package root directory, where the component modules, subpackages, __init__.py and __main__.py live.

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 The directory portion of <code>__file__</code> should be one of the directories in <code>[[Python_Language_Modularization#sys.path|sys.path]]</code>.
 ===<tt>__path__</tt>===
-The <code>__path__</code> attribute exists only for <code>module</code> instances that represent [[Python_Language_Modularization#Package|packages]], not for those instances that represent ordinary [[Python_Language_Modularization#Modules|modules]]. <code>__path__</code> contains the path of the package root directory, where the component modules, [[Python_Language_Modularization#Subpackages|subpackages]], <code>[[Python_Language_Modularization#init_.py|__init__.py]]</code> and <code>[[Python_Language_Modularization#main_.py|__main__.py]]</code> live.
+The <code>__path__</code> attribute exists only for <code>module</code> instances that represent [[Python_Language_Modularization#Package|packages]], not for those instances that represent ordinary [[Python_Language_Modularization#Modules|modules]].
+<code>__path__</code> contains the path of the package root directory, where the component modules, [[Python_Language_Modularization#Subpackages|subpackages]], <code>[[Python_Language_Modularization#init_.py|__init__.py]]</code> and <code>[[Python_Language_Modularization#main_.py|__main__.py]]</code> live.