[IPython-User] question about extensions

[Thomas Kluyver]

On 17 October 2012 19:38, Michael Kuhlen <kuhlen@gmail.com> wrote:
> In [6]: import test as t
>
> In [7]: t.test()
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> NameError                                 Traceback (most recent call last)
> <ipython-input-6-f69a6e70fa4a> in <module>()
> ----> 1 t.test()
>
> /home/mqk/test.py in test()
>       1 def test():
> ----> 2     print Q('1 hplanck').base
>
> NameError: global name 'Q' is not defined

Your test module has a separate namespace from the shell, so functions
loaded or defined inside IPython aren't accessible inside a module
you've imported. But IPython extensions are just modules, so if you
put the physics.py file on your Python path, you should be able to
import it in test.py.

Thomas