[Python-ideas] Allow multiple imports from a package while preserving its namespace

[Julian DeMille]

Some library authors get pretty pissy about implicit imports at the root

On Thu, Apr 26, 2018, 09:37 Paul Moore <p.f.moore at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 26 April 2018 at 14:29, Julian DeMille via Python-ideas
> <python-ideas at python.org> wrote:
> > I personally would like a feature where instead of doing `from ... import
> > ...` (which imports the specified items into the current namespace), one
> > could use something along the lines of `import <lib>.{ <mod1>, <mod2>,
> ...
> > }` such that the imported modules/attributes could be accessed as
> > `<lib>.<mod1>`, etc.
>
> What are the benefits of this over a simple "import <lib>"? I get that
> it will mean that *only* the names listed will be accessible as
> <lib>.<mod>, but I don't see why that's important (and specifically
> why it's important enough to warrant dedicated syntax). Hiding names
> in a namespace isn't typically something that Python provides language
> support for.
>
> Paul
>
-- 
Thanks,
Julian DeMille

CEO, demilleTech, LLC

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