[Python-Dev] New relative import issue (original) (raw)

Paul Moore p.f.moore at gmail.com
Thu Sep 21 23:39:05 CEST 2006


On 9/21/06, Phillip J. Eby <pje at telecommunity.com> wrote:

>Isn't the main problem how to specify a bunch of these in the >environment?

Yes, that's exactly the problem, assuming that by environment you mean the operating environment, as opposed to e.g. os.environ.

Hmm, now I don't understand again. What "operating environment" might there be, other than

?

There are clearly application design issues involved here (application configuration via initialisation files, plugin registries, etc etc). But in purely technical terms, don't they all boil down to executing a registration function (either directly by the user, or by the application on behalf of the user)?

I don't think I'd expect anything at the language (or base library) level beyond a registration function and possibly an OS environment check.

Paul.



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