Python import no module

Question

Another user successfully imports xml. When I try to import xml, Python can't find the module. Why is that?

My traceback:

>>> import xml
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "xml.py", line 13, in <module>
    from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
ImportError: No module named etree

This is on Linux.

Martijn Pieters · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-03 10:25:10Z

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You have a local module named xml.py; this masks the built-in package.

You'll have to rename that package; it is importing itself otherwise.

answered Sep 3, 2014 at 10:25

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