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

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Wed Dec 17 19:24:13 EST 2003

So, why not this?

from ... import x

Yes, I forgot about that. My original proposal allowed using just one or more dots; the three-dots proposal with scan-up semantics should also allow just that. In terms of the Grammar file:

dotted_name: NAME ('.' NAME)* | '...' [NAME ('.' NAME)*]

BTW, it seems that for breaking up long imports, the parentheses proposal has received universal acclaim. So if we add either of the dotted-from proposals to 2.4, we should also add the parenthesized syntax: from ...... import (......), and for symmetry also without from.

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

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