Importing models from same directory throws unhelpful exception (trying to get app_label)

[Kenneth Arnold]

Before:

In [1]: import models
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
<type 'exceptions.IndexError'>            Traceback (most recent call last)
 (strip my stuff)
...django/db/models/base.py in __new__(cls, name, bases, attrs)
     54             # For 'django.contrib.sites.models', this would be 'sites'.
     55             model_module = sys.modules[new_class.__module__]
---> 56             kwargs = {"app_label": model_module.__name__.split('.')[-2]}
     57         else:
     58             kwargs = {}

After attached patch, the relative import succeeds.

[Malcolm Tredinnick]

You haven't clearly explained the problem you are trying to fix. There's lots of code around that does import models without any problems, so that particular line of code isn't fundamentally broken.

Please provide some steps to replicate the problem you are seeing, then we can work out if the solution is appropriate.

[Jacob]

Marking worksforme; kcarnold, please feel free to reopen when you provide the details Malcolm asked for.