[Python-Dev] PEP 328 and PEP 338, redux (original) (raw)

Andrew Dalke andrewdalke at gmail.com
Sat Jul 1 11:59:00 CEST 2006


Giovanni Bajo <rasky at develer.com> wrote:

Real-world usage case for import main? Otherwise, I say screw it :)

I have used it as a workaround for timeit.py's requirement that I pass it strings instead of functions.

def compute(): ... 1+1 ... import timeit t = timeit.Timer("main.compute()", "import main") t.timeit() 1.9755008220672607

You can argue (as many have) that timeit.py needs a better API for this. That's a different world than the existing real one.

                            Andrew
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