Difference between ways to import files from different directory

Question

According to this Question , it is said that to use a library or file from local folder, we use:

import sys
sys.path.append("/path/to/your/directory")

But what my doubt is that, is :

import sys
sys.path.append("/path/to/your/directory")

and:

locals()['path'].append("/path/to/your/directory")

and:

globals()['path'].append("/path/to/your/directory")

do the same function to import the directory files, or do vary by de-merits?
(I haven't seen any discussion about this anywere else)

Thats is when you start a shell painly. run a .py in shell and then try — Joshua Varghese, Apr 15 '20 at 05:55

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 15 '20 at 05:54

"Hacking" the sys.path to enable imports is bad practice. Use editable installs instead:

pip install --editable /path/to/your/directory

This will insert a symlink of your project into the site-packages folder and allow Python to properly find your packages.

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