-----Original Message----- From: Python-ideas [mailto:python-ideas-bounces+tritium- list=sdamon.com@python.org] On Behalf Of Michel Desmoulin Sent: Monday, February 20, 2017 3:30 AM To: python-ideas@python.org Subject: Re: [Python-ideas] Delayed Execution via Keyword
I wrote a blog post about this, and someone asked me if it meant allowing lazy imports to make optional imports easier.
Someting like:
lazy import foo lazy from foo import bar
So now if I don't use the imports, the module is not loaded, which could also significantly speed up applications starting time with a lot of imports.
Would that not also make a failure to import an error at the time of executing the imported piece of code rather than at the place of import? And how would optional imports work if they are not loaded until use? Right now, optional imports are done by wrapping the import statement in a try/except, would you not need to do that handling everywhere the imported object is used instead? (I haven't been following the entire thread, and I don't know if this is a forest/tress argument)
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