[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 328 -- relative and multi-line import (original) (raw)

Aahz aahz at pythoncraft.com
Wed Apr 7 00:53:18 EDT 2004

On Wed, Apr 07, 2004, Greg Ewing wrote:

Aahz <aahz at pythoncraft.com>:

Greg:

Would it be unreasonable to define "." as meaning the current package, rather than the current module -- Not unreasonable, but I think it complicates the explanation. Not if the explanation simply says "'.' refers to the current package", and leaves the reader to deduce what "current package" means when the module is not a package. :-) [1]

All right, let's try this:

A leading dot indicates a relative import, starting with the current
package.  Two or more leading dots point to the parent(s) of the
current package, one level per dot after the first.

Then the examples should explain the meaning well enough.

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