Add __init__ to astroid.brain package

5 files changed, 10 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/astroid/__init__.py b/astroid/__init__.py
index 42a05539..0224dd7a 100644
--- a/astroid/__init__.py
+++ b/astroid/__init__.py
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ Main modules are:
 import enum
 import itertools
 import os
-import sys
+from importlib import import_module
+from pathlib import Path
 
 import wrapt
 
@@ -156,11 +157,7 @@ def register_module_extender(manager, module_name, get_extension_mod):
 
 
 # load brain plugins
-BRAIN_MODULES_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "brain")
-if BRAIN_MODULES_DIR not in sys.path:
-    # add it to the end of the list so user path take precedence
-    sys.path.append(BRAIN_MODULES_DIR)
-# load modules in this directory
+BRAIN_MODULES_DIR = Path(__file__).with_name("brain")
 for module in os.listdir(BRAIN_MODULES_DIR):
     if module.endswith(".py"):
-        __import__(module[:-3])
+        import_module(f"astroid.brain.{module[:-3]}")
diff --git a/astroid/brain/__init__.py b/astroid/brain/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/astroid/brain/__init__.py
diff --git a/astroid/brain/brain_numpy_core_function_base.py b/astroid/brain/brain_numpy_core_function_base.py
index 1f875798..5901b068 100644
--- a/astroid/brain/brain_numpy_core_function_base.py
+++ b/astroid/brain/brain_numpy_core_function_base.py
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 
 import functools
 
-from brain_numpy_utils import infer_numpy_member, looks_like_numpy_member
-
 import astroid
 
+from .brain_numpy_utils import infer_numpy_member, looks_like_numpy_member
+
 METHODS_TO_BE_INFERRED = {
     "linspace": """def linspace(start, stop, num=50, endpoint=True, retstep=False, dtype=None, axis=0):
             return numpy.ndarray([0, 0])""",
diff --git a/astroid/brain/brain_numpy_core_multiarray.py b/astroid/brain/brain_numpy_core_multiarray.py
index a33c3a27..2193c673 100644
--- a/astroid/brain/brain_numpy_core_multiarray.py
+++ b/astroid/brain/brain_numpy_core_multiarray.py
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
 
 import functools
 
-from brain_numpy_utils import infer_numpy_member, looks_like_numpy_member
-
 import astroid
 
+from .brain_numpy_utils import infer_numpy_member, looks_like_numpy_member
+
 
 def numpy_core_multiarray_transform():
     return astroid.parse(
diff --git a/astroid/brain/brain_numpy_core_numeric.py b/astroid/brain/brain_numpy_core_numeric.py
index 36c071d5..4df1e9a9 100644
--- a/astroid/brain/brain_numpy_core_numeric.py
+++ b/astroid/brain/brain_numpy_core_numeric.py
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 
 import functools
 
-from brain_numpy_utils import infer_numpy_member, looks_like_numpy_member
-
 import astroid
 
+from .brain_numpy_utils import infer_numpy_member, looks_like_numpy_member
+
 
 def numpy_core_numeric_transform():
     return astroid.parse(