[Python-ideas] "maybe import"?

[Amber Yust]

On Fri Dec 27 2013 at 12:33:11 AM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org>
wrote:

> We shouldn't encourage optional dependencies. They often make code harder
> to reason about or harder to read.
>

Is there a better alternative for utilizing functionality that may vary in
availability from platform to platform?
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