[Python-ideas] from __pip__ import

[MRAB]

On 2016-09-19 19:48, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 4:43 AM, MRAB <python at mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:
>> On 2016-09-19 18:20, אלעזר wrote:
>>>
>>> Obviously
>>>
>>>     from __pip__ import "run-lambda>=0.1.0"
>>>
>>> Which is ugly but not my fault :)
>>>
>> [snip]
>> One possible problem I can see is that if it's quoted you might think that
>> it's an expression and that you could also write:
>>
>>     package = "run-lambda>=0.1.0"
>>     from __pip__ import package
>
> One surprisingly effective option is this:
>
> import blargle.spam # Solution: pip install blarg
>
> Comes out looking like this:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "useblarg.py", line 1, in <module>
>     import blargle.spam # Solution: pip install blarg
> ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'blargle'
>
> (in older Pythons, that says "ImportError" rather than the more
> specific subclass, but same diff)
>
> You can put whatever you like onto that command line.
>
One further suggestion:

     import blargle.spam in "blarg"

The syntax would be:

     "import" module_name ["in" quoted_pypi_name]