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

Aahz aahz at pythoncraft.com
Sat Apr 3 12:12:48 EST 2004

On Sat, Apr 03, 2004, Scott David Daniels wrote:

One more (possibly unclear) case to consider: import . as package Is this a way to name your parent package?

Nope. All uses of relative imports require from <something> import (I think the PEP makes that clear). You could, however, do

from ... import package [as foo]

if Guido permits it; I want a Pronouncement on that before adding it to the PEP.

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