[Python-Dev] Relative import (original) (raw)

Jack Jansen Jack.Jansen at cwi.nl
Tue Dec 16 16:09:59 EST 2003

On 16-dec-03, at 19:26, Guido van Rossum wrote:

There is the remaining issue of what exactly the syntax would be. I propose to extend the from clause to allow one or more dots before the dotted name, and to make the dotted name optional if at least one leading dot is found. I propose not to change from-less import. Examples:

from .foo import bar from .foo.bar import xxx from . import foobar as barfoo from ..foo.bar import * from ... import foobar, barfoo

Is "from . import *" allowed? Whenever I start to think about it I tend to go into oscillation (yes because within package foo its the same as "from foo import *" on the outside; no because "import *" isn't allowed today either).

Jack Jansen, <Jack.Jansen at cwi.nl>, http://www.cwi.nl/~jack If I can't dance I don't want to be part of your revolution -- Emma Goldman

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