How to change a Python module name?

Question

Is it only possible if I rename the file? Or is there a __module__ variable to the file to define what\'s its name?

Answer 1

When you do import module_name the Python interpreter looks for a file module_name.extension in PYTHONPATH. So there's no chaging that name without changing name of the file. But of course you can do:

import module_name as new_module_name

or even

import module_name.submodule.subsubmodule as short_name

Useful eg. for writing DB code.

import sqlite3 as sql
sql.whatever..

And then to switch eg. sqlite3 to pysqlite you just change the import line