import - How python deals with module and package having the same name?

Question

Suppose I have a module foo.py and a package foo/. If I call

import foo

which one will be loaded? How can I specify I want to load the module, or the package?

Answer 1

I believe the package will always get loaded. You can't work around this, as far as I know. So change either the package or the module name. Docs: http://docs.python.org/tutorial/modules.html#the-module-search-path