Python Nose Import Error

Question

I can\'t seem to get the nose testing framework to recognize modules beneath my test script in the file structure. I\'ve set up the simplest example that demonstrates the p

Answer 1

Of course if you have a syntax error in the module being imported that will cause this. For me the problem reared its head when I had a backup of a tests file with a path like module/tests.bak.py in the same directory as tests.py. Also, to deal with the init package/module problem in a Django app, you can run the following (in a bash/OSX shell) to make sure you don't have any init.pyc files lying around:

find . -name '*.pyc' -delete