[Python-Dev] 'import as' (original) (raw)

Greg Ewing greg@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
Fri, 18 Aug 2000 15:34:57 +1200 (NZST)

Gordon McMillan <gmcm@hypernet.com>:

isn't the effect of "import goom.bah as snarf" the same as "from goom import bah as snarf"?

Only if goom.bah is a submodule or subpackage, I think. Otherwise "import goom.bah" doesn't work in the first place.

I'm not sure that "import goom.bah as snarf" should be allowed, even if goom.bah is a module. Should the resulting object be referred to as snarf, snarf.bah or goom.snarf?

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