[Python-Dev] Re: [Patches] [Patch #101234] Allow all assignment expressions after 'import something as'

[Peter Schneider-Kamp]

Thomas Wouters wrote:
> 
> > Date: 2000-Aug-20 20:02
> > By: nowonder
> >
> > Comment:
> > Looks fine. Works as I expect. Doesn't break old code. I hope Guido likes
> > it (assigned to gvanrossum).
> 
> Actually, it *will* break old code. Try using some of those tricks on, say,
> 'encodings', like so (excessively convoluted to prove a point ;):

Actually, I meant that it won't break any existing code (because there
is no code using 'import x as y' yet).

Although I don't understand your example (because the word "encoding"
makes
me want to stick my head into the sand), I am fine with your shift
of the list building to compile-time. When I realized what IMPORT_NAME
does at runtime, I wondered if this was really neccessary.

Peter
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