Polymorphism and Module help?

Coding Python Support
#1

If I create a parent class called main (containing various arrays and functions) and save in a python file as main_cp.py(I can’t do it all in one file for my specific script, I need two scripts to communicate), is there a special place that I need to save it for it to be able to be imported? I tried creating a new script in the exact same directory as main_cp.py and then importing main but it couldn’t be found. This is the main class:

class main():
     guides = []
     constraints = []
     bones = []

And this is how I tried to import and inherit:

#import main_cp
from main_cp import main

class arm(main):
     pass
#2

Works for me…

Error messages are also helpful.

#3

any module you import must reside in the module search path. You can check which those are by typing the following in Blenders interactive python console:


import sys
print sys.path

Normally you would find one or more directories from Blenders scrips directory. Location may vary by platform, but the one ending in .blender\scripts\bpymodules might be a good choice to store a shared module.