How to import standard library module instead of local directory?

Question

I have a local directory named \"calendar\" with an \"__init__.py\" file.

I want \"import calendar\" to import the standard library module calendar, and not the module d

Answer 1

As the rest says, the best option is to rename the calendar module into a new module not used by standard library.

But as a workaround if that's not possible, you could create a another module (visible in the syspath) outside the directory where the local calendar.py file is placed.

So if you have a hierarchy like this:

project/
   __init__.py
   app1/
      __init__.py
      calendar.py
      module_in_which_i_want_to_use_python_std_calendar.py

You could create a new module named std_calendar.py outside apps (outside calendar.py is placed). In this file you could import calendar (this will be standard calendar module)

from calendar import *

And the hierarchy would be:

project/
   __init__.py
   std_calendar.py
   app1/
      __init__.py
      calendar.py
      module_in_which_i_want_to_use_python_std_calendar.py

In module_in_which_i_want_to_use_python_std_calendar.py you could use standard calendar with:

from project import std_calendar as calendar