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

Skip Montanaro skip at pobox.com
Mon Dec 15 13:04:32 EST 2003 

>> Okay, so what are global and local imports?

Barry> Sorry, let me rephrase.  I'd love to ban relative imports.
Barry> Personally, I think all imports should be specified using
Barry> fully-qualified absolute package paths.

That's fine with me. Maybe continue to use "absolute" and "relative" (and throw in "package" somewhere) instead of "global" and "local" when referring to package import semantics? "global" and "local" have a well-established meaning in day-to-day Python programming which doesn't overlap much with the import mechanism.

Skip

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