[Python-ideas] Idea: Lazy import statement

[Alexandre Vassalotti]

On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 4:12 AM, Greg Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
> What's needed is a way of lazily importing them, so
> that the import won't actually happen unless the
> imported names are referenced.
>

I think Christian Heimes started some PEP about this. If I recall
correctly, supporting lazy imports was part of PEP 369 (Post Import
Hooks), but later removed from the PEP due to time constraints (I
think).

-- Alexandre