--- a/pylearn/datasets/MNIST.py	Thu Jul 30 18:09:17 2009 -0400
+++ b/pylearn/datasets/MNIST.py	Wed Sep 02 14:22:02 2009 -0700
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 import os
 import numpy
 
-from ..io.pmat import PMat
-from .config import data_root # config
-from .dataset import Dataset
+from pylearn.io.pmat import PMat
+from pylearn.datasets.config import data_root # config
+from pylearn.datasets.dataset import Dataset
 
 def head(n=10, path=None):
     """Load the first MNIST examples.
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
     is the label of the i'th row of x.
     
     """
-    path = os.path.join(data_root(), 'mnist','mnist_all.pmat') if path is None else path
+    if path is None:
+      path = os.path.join(data_root(), 'mnist','mnist_all.pmat')
 
     dat = PMat(fname=path)