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

Where would you like to have this __module__ variable, so your original script knows what to import? Modules are recognized by file names and looked in paths defined in sys.path variable.

So, you have to rename the file, then remove the oldname.pyc, just to make sure everything works right.