[Python-ideas] Importing public symbols and simultainiously privatizing them, is too noisy

[Ben Finney]

Rick Johnson
<rantingrickjohnson at gmail.com> writes:

> On Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 6:39:01 PM UTC-5, Ben Finney wrote:
> > Agreed. What is wrong with:
> > 
> >     import lorem as _lorem
> >         do_something_with(_lorem.Foo)
>
> Yes, in the case when multiple symbols are imported+privatized, that's
> an improvement

It's got the strong advantage of already being an established idiom.

> but not one that fulfills my current "selfish desires" -- I need
> something sweet baby! O:-)

You're in the wrong forum, then. This is for discussing improvements to
Python.

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Ben Finney