[Python-Dev] (class) module names clarification (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Thu Mar 18 18:58:11 EST 2004

The whole point of StringIO is its class. So if it were rewritten in modern style, a user would write:

from userlist import UserList from stringio import StringIO Is this correct?

For example, although perhaps better module names could be found.

This would eliminate a whole class of errors where one writes code assuming the import had the form "import StringIO" but it was actually "from StringIO import StringIO"; or vice versa.

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

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