SOLVED: ImportError: cannot import name modname

Created September 27, 2012 19:26

I just installed 2.6.2 and came across this error when attempting to debug a script. Any ideas as to why this is coming up?

C:\Python27\python.exe "C:\Program Files (x86)\JetBrains\PyCharm 2.6.2\helpers\pydev\pydevd.py" --multiproc --client 127.0.0.1 --port 56473 --file D:/SVN/qsextra/qstest/opsval.py cfg=D:/cfg/qs87.cfg
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\JetBrains\PyCharm 2.6.2\helpers\pydev\pydevd.py", line 3, in <module>
    from pydevd_signature import SignatureFactory
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\JetBrains\PyCharm 2.6.2\helpers\pydev\pydevd_signature.py", line 2, in <module>
    from trace import modname
ImportError: cannot import name modname

Process finished with exit code 1

1 comment

Marcel Wilson

Created September 27, 2012 19:49

So apparently I had a PYTHONPATH entry that pointed to a folder which contained a trace.py. I've removed the offending entry (and created a much needed __init__.py for that module.

Problem solved.

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