[Python-Dev] (class) module names clarification

[Guido van Rossum]

> The whole point of StringIO is its class.  So if it were rewritten
> in modern style, a user would write:
> 
> 	from userlist import UserList
> 	from stringio import StringIO
> 
> Is this correct?

For example, although perhaps better module names could be found.

This would eliminate a whole class of errors where one writes code
assuming the import had the form "import StringIO" but it was actually
"from StringIO import StringIO"; or vice versa.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)