[Python-Dev] Peculiar import code in pickle.py (original) (raw)
Benjamin Peterson benjamin at python.org
Tue Jul 13 19:57:42 CEST 2010
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2010/7/13 Alexander Belopolsky <alexander.belopolsky at gmail.com>:
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
On Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:25:23 -0400 .. Only for top-level modules:
import("distutils.core", level=0) <module 'distutils' from_ _'/home/antoine/py3k/_svn_/Lib/distutils/_init_.py'> sys.modules["distutils.core"] <module 'distutils.core' from_ _'/home/antoine/py3k/_svn_/Lib/distutils/core.py'> That's right, but I believe the recommended way to achieve that behavior is to supply a dummy fromlist: import("distutils.core", fromlist=["dummy"], level=0) <module 'distutils.core' from_ _'/Users/sasha/Work/python-svn/py3k/Lib/distutils/core.py'>
No! That's not recommended and a complete hack. The "dance" or importlib.import_module is preferred.
-- Regards, Benjamin
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