[Python-ideas] New use for the 'in' keyword.

[Jonathan Fine]

Hi Simon

You've suggested allowing
     import numpy as np
     import math in np
as an improvement on
     from somewhere import *

But you can get a similar result already, by writing in your package
    import .aaa as np
and within mypackage/aaa.py writing
    from numpy import *
    from math import *

When you write
    import numpy as np
the value of the identifier becomes the numpy module. Your proposal
aims to add to that module additional key-value pairs. (A module is a
bit like a dict.) And perhaps clobber some existing resources.

It's generally best to treat a module as a read-only object. That way,
you don't get side-effects. This is why Chris was talking about
monkey-patching.

-- 
Jonathan