[Python-Dev] 'import as' (original) (raw)

Fred L. Drake, Jr. fdrake@beopen.com
Sat, 19 Aug 2000 08:44:00 -0400 (EDT)

Ka-Ping Yee writes:

If the intent of this last form is to import a sub-module of a package into the local namespace with an aliased name, then you can just say

      from <pkgname> import <modname> as <localname>

I could live with this restriction, and this expression is unambiguous (a good thing for Python!).

-Fred

-- Fred L. Drake, Jr. BeOpen PythonLabs Team Member