Python import functions from module twice with different internal imports

Question

I have a module lib that needs numpy. So, for instance, let\'s say I have a hypothetical function that looks like

import numpy
def doS         


        

Answer 1

You don't need to do anything to achieve this.

If you do

from lib import doSomething
from lib_with_autograd import doSomething as doSomethingAutograd

each of those functions uses the numpy imported in their specific module. So doSomethingAutograd uses the one imported in lib_with_autograd and doSomething uses the one imported in lib