[Python-Dev] Relative import

[Barry Warsaw]

On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 04:03, Troy Melhase wrote:

> I don't really like the dot/triple dot notation... the leading punctuation 
> smells perl-ish.  :)

I don't either, although my biggest problem with it is that it isn't
clear just by looking what the punctuation actually means.  I just fear
this will be a permanent head scratcher.

Here's my entry in the sure-to-be-shot-down-by-the-BDFL-alternative
-syntax game:

import foo by absolute
import foo.bar by relative as baz
import foo by searching as bar
import foo by absolute from bar
import foo as bar by absolute from baz

IOW, 'by' is a reserved word in the import statement context, and it
specifies how to search for modules.  The question then is whether
'absolute', 'relative', and 'searching' are also reserved words or
built-ins and how those names are equated with the module location
algorithms.

-Barry