[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 328 -- relative and multi-line import

[Aahz]

On Mon, Apr 05, 2004, Bernhard Herzog wrote:
> Aahz <aahz at pythoncraft.com> writes:
>>
>> You may use relative imports freely.  In Python 2.5, any ``import``
>> statement that results in an intra-package import will generate a
>> ``PendingDeprecation`` warning (this also applies to ``from <> import``
>> that fails to use the relative import syntax).  In Python 2.6, ``import``
>> will always be an absolute import.
> 
> Why PendingDeprecation?  If the import semantics change in incompatible
> ways in 2.6, 2.5 should generate a "normal" DeprecationWarning, I think.

Guido can overrule this, but my take is that there will be few enough
cases where this is a significant issue.  People who want to write
cross-version libraries and applications shouldn't have to deal with
suppressing the DeprecationWarning.  If we were serious about issuing a
DeprecationWarning, I think that would need to be in Python 2.6, pushing
the default of absolute imports to Python 2.7.  That seems too long a
timeline to me.

Other opinions?
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