[Python-ideas] import fallback syntax

[Chris Withers]

Hi All,

I see a lot of Python like this:

try:
   from cDecimal import Decimal
except ImportError:
   from decimal import Decimal

...and nest deeper if you're talking about ElementTree.

How about some syntactical sugar to make this less obnoxious:

from cDecimal or decimal import Decimal

from x.y.z import X as X or
      a.b.z import Y as X or

what do people think?

Chris

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