[Python-Dev] Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] The versioning question... (original) (raw)

Skip Montanaro skip at pobox.com
Tue Dec 28 05:26:51 CET 2004 

Martin> If you really want side-by-side installation of different
Martin> versions, and a mechanism to select between them, the package
Martin> could support

Martin> import xml_0_8_2 as xml

Martin> IOW, "import-as" should be sufficient for what you want to achieve.

That's more-or-less the scheme adopted where I work. If we have two versions of a sybase module installed side-by-side, the imports might look like:

import local.db.sybase.v1 as sybase

or

import local.db.sybase.v2 as sybase

It's a bit cumbersome, but it's worked okay for us so far.

Skip

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