[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 328 -- relative and multi-line import (original) (raw)

David Abrahams dave at boost-consulting.com
Sat Apr 3 09:57:50 EST 2004

David Goodger <goodger at python.org> writes:

Guido van Rossum wrote: > At least "from . import X" and "from .. import X" are completely > clear and more levels up are not likely to occur in practice...

I have Aahz's revision ready to check in, but I'm unclear on one point. Is the accepted/pronounced relative import syntax dots only, or can there be a branch too? In other words, is the "Y" here acceptable (where Y is a sibling to the current module's package)? from ..Y import X

Wouldn't that have to be

   from ...Y import X
          ^-------------separator, as in A.B

??

Or was that what you intended, David?

I'm thinking some other syntax is needed to represent upward travel in the hierarchy, e.g.

   from ^.Y import X
   from -.Y import X

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