[Python-Dev] Re: [Patches] [Patch #101234] Allow all assignment expressions after 'import something as' (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido@beopen.com
Sun, 20 Aug 2000 23:37:46 -0500

> Summary: Allow all assignment expressions after 'import something as'

-1. Hypergeneralization.

By the way, notice that

import foo.bar

places 'foo' in the current namespace, after ensuring that 'foo.bar' is defined.

What should

import foo.bar as spam

assign to spam? I hope foo.bar, not foo.

I note that the CVS version doesn't support this latter syntax at all; it should be fixed, even though the same effect can be has with

from foo import bar as spam

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.pythonlabs.com/~guido/)