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

Jack Jansen Jack.Jansen at cwi.nl
Wed Dec 17 15:40:30 EST 2003

On 17-dec-03, at 18:21, Guido van Rossum wrote:

It's interesting that the "scan upwards on the package name" gets so much support.

I would actually be surprised if people who say they want "scan upward" actually want something else: they want to scan upward up to a limit.

If you have a complex package with, say, three levels you may want to scan up through the levels of your own package. However, if your package is later incorporated in a third party package I can hardly imagine that you want to scan in there too.

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