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

Aahz aahz at pythoncraft.com
Sat Apr 3 11:58:26 EST 2004


On Sat, Apr 03, 2004, David Abrahams wrote:

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

That's been suggested, and it'll show up in the revised PEP as soon as it's pushed out to python.org. I'm not Uncle Timmy, but I'll channel Guido: no chance. I don't particularly like dots-only mechanism, but I have to agree that it works well enough for one-to-three levels. More than that is a strong indication of a design that needs reworking.

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