Python3 Cannot import function from my own module

Question

I have browsed the site for a while and the only occasions people had this error happening were in circular imports which I don't have as far as I understand what circular imports are? My imports are transitive though.

I have 3 files in the same folder:

packer.py
parser.py
statistics.py

packer.py

class Conversation:
    ....
class Message:
    ....

parser.py (module works, called all functions from itself without a problem)

from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
from packer import Conversation
from packer import Message

def writeFormatedLog():
    ....
def getConvs():
    ....

statistics.py

from parser import getConvs  #this on its own runs without problems
getConvs() #throws ImportError: cannot import name 'getConvs'

ImportError, cannot import name .. all the suggestions to fix this exception in general involved circular imports — Ilhan, Aug 11 '16 at 15:46
Look like Python 3 and relative import problem. It has been already answered in http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16981921/relative-imports-in-python-3 (see vaultah answer) — Cabu, Aug 11 '16 at 15:47
@Jim getConvs reads a text file, gets certain data and returns a list of Conversation objects — Ilhan, Aug 11 '16 at 15:48

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 11 '16 at 15:44

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ImportErrors may happen if there are duplicate module names. Try naming your parser.py something else, since it is likely conflicting with Python's built-in parser module.

answered Aug 11 '16 at 15:44

Karin

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Seems likely, but the question does say that the import statement ran fine. – OneCricketeer Aug 11 '16 at 15:45
they are located in the same folder afaik, so `parser.py` shadows the built-in and is used. – Dimitris Fasarakis Hilliard Aug 11 '16 at 15:46
you were right, name change fixed it.. but why didn't it work because it was in the same folder (also the import itself ran fine, it should have crashed after trying to import a non existing function from pythons parser module?) – Ilhan Aug 11 '16 at 15:50

Python3 Cannot import function from my own module

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