Visual Studio Code tells me it can't import python module, yet it runs the code

Question

I am running a script in many folders and subfolders, the structure is kinda confusing but it basically is like:

src/
  controllers/
     __init__.py
     a.py
     b.py
   models/
     __init__.py
     c.py
   __init__.py
   main.py

The ^^^ is supposed to be the red error underline, main.py looks something like:

from controllers import a
^^^^
import models.c
^^^^^^

a.py:

import models.c
^^^^^^

I tried both, from and regular import, because maybe only one is bugged, but no, in VSC at every place I import like this, it tells me unable to import [directory] (it still runs from VSC and from the terminal via python3 main.py )

Things I tried

• Restarting VSC
• Rebooting my PC
• Changing stuff in __init_.py (yet nothing systematic, just playing around)

Is this a visual studio code issue, is it bad importing? Should I put stuff into __init__.py ? Can I supress this issue or fix it somehow else?

Answer 1

When importing modules in other folders, VSCode searches for files from the parent folder of the currently running file by default. For example: " import models.c " in " a.py ", the parent folder " controllers/ " of " a.py " does not have " models ", so the terminal displays a warning.

When I removed the same level file " __init__.py " of " main.py ", the terminal did not display errors and warnings:

For " a.py ", I added the following settings in " launch.json ", which adds the project folder path to the system path for VSCode to find:

"env": {
                "PYTHONPATH": "${workspaceFolder}"
            }

Debug a.py:

Update:

On the premise that the code can run, I use the following settings to turn off the " import-error " displayed by Pylint:

"python.linting.pylintArgs": ["--disable=E0401"],