Import python package from local directory into interpreter

Question

I\'m developing/testing a package in my local directory. I want to import it in the interpreter (v2.5), but sys.path does not include the current directory. Right now I type

Answer 1

A bit late to the party, but this is what worked for me:

>>> import sys
>>> sys.path.insert(0, '')

Apparently, if there is an empty string, Python knows that it should look in the current directory. I did not have the empty string in sys.path, which caused this error.