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

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Mon Dec 22 10:36:09 EST 2003

I don't either, although my biggest problem with it is that it isn't clear just by looking what the punctuation actually means. I just fear this will be a permanent head scratcher.

This argument by itself has very little value. The question isn't whether it's self-describing (very few features beyond decimal integers are); the question is whether it's easy to remember. There are two subclasses of that: easy to remember what it means when you next see it, and easy to remember how to spell it when you next need it. IMO the dot syntax does fine here.

Here's my entry in the sure-to-be-shot-down-by-the-BDFL-alternative -syntax game:

There have been so many alternatives proposed this morning that I have to spend some time comparing them all...

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

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