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

[Julian DeMille]

That's the kind of thing I'm looking for. I've dealt with some library
authors who were highly against importing the root allowing me to access
submodules with hierarchy.

On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 9:51 AM Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 26 April 2018 at 23:37, 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>"?
>
> Forcing submodule imports would be the main thing, as at the moment,
> you have to choose between repeating the base name multiple times
> (once per submodule) or losing the hierarchical namespace.
>
> So where:
>
>     from pkg import mod1, mod2, mod3
>
> bind "mod1", "mod2", and "mod3" in the current namespace, you might
> instead write:
>
>     from pkg import .mod1, .mod2, .mod3
>
> to only bind "pkg" locally, but still make sure "pkg.mod1", "pkg.mod2"
> and "pkg.mod3" all resolve at import time.
>
> Cheers,
> Nick.
>
> --
> Nick Coghlan   |   ncoghlan at gmail.com   |   Brisbane, Australia
>
-- 
Thanks,
Julian DeMille

CEO, demilleTech, LLC

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