[Python-Dev] Some comments on PEP 328 (absolute/relative imports)

[Barry Warsaw]

On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 10:16, Aahz wrote:

> Thanks!  Here's my rewrite; comments, anyone?

Some minor rephrasing suggestion...

> Rationale for Absolute Imports
> ==============================
> 
> In Python 2.3 and earlier, if you're reading a module located inside a
> package, it is not clear whether ::
> 
>     import foo
> 
> refers to a top-level module or to another module inside the package.
> As Python's library expands, more and more old modules suddenly shadow
> builtin modules by accident.  

As Python's library expands, more and more existing package internal
modules suddenly shadow standard library modules by accident.

-Barry