How to reference python package when filename contains a period

Question

I am using django and I have a file named models.admin.py and I want to do the following idea in models.py:

from \"models.admin\" import *

Answer 1

If you really want to, you can import a module with an unusual filename (e.g., a filename containing a '.' before the '.py') using the imp module:

>>> import imp
>>> a_b = imp.load_source('a.b', 'a.b.py')
>>> a_b.x
"I was defined in a.b.py!"

However, that's generally a bad idea. It's more likely that you're trying to use packages, in which case you should create a directory named "a", containing a file named "b.py"; and then "import a.b" will load a/b.py.