importing from the current source directory fails

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Issue type
Bug
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Mostly clear
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Tech stack
javascript, python
Domain
compilers

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Reproduce the failure with lib1/code1.py importing Class2 from lib1/code2.py using a relative import, then compare it with the top-level lib1.code2 form. Start by tracing Transcrypt's import-resolution path; done means compiling the example succeeds without rewriting imports when run from the top directory.

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STATE: under consideration

Let's say you have two files in lib1/ directory

lib1/
code1.py
code2.py

You can import something in code2.py from code1.py using '.' dotation notifying the current directory.

in code1.py:

from .code2 import Class2

But transcypt fails the import when it is executed in the top directory.

Error while compiling (offending file last):
Import error, can't find any of:

So I have to modify all source files in subdirectory to import starting from the top directory.
in code1.py:

from lib1.code2 import Class2

It makes source ugly when project size grows, and it requires a lot of work to modify source code whenever copying/moving/modifying directory. I hope that this bug is fixed soon.

Buy the way, please let me know if there is an easy way to go around this problem.

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