[Python-Dev] Re: Christmas Wishlist (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Mon Dec 15 11:03:31 EST 2003

Barry Warsaw writes: > V . Explicit global imports. I want a way to spell "import this > from the global standard library even if there's a this.py in the local > directory".

I like the syntax: import global and from global import Look Guido, no new keywords! ;-)

I'd much rather invent new syntax to spell local imports. I like

from .module import something

You can even generalize and write

from ..module import something

to reference your package's parent package. :-)

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

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