(Serious?) package namespace problem (and a proposal)

[Nhi Vanye]

$ from bjorn at roguewave.com -#96744 | sed "1,$s/^/> /"
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>Well, I get the problem too now (bang my head hard enough and I'll
>eventually understand ;-)

I agree, it suddenly clicked when I read an example in another thread.

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>The relative import feature probably should be "shot in the head", but
>since it's in use (and presumably useful), how do we go about loading
>the global modules?
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>The current suggestions are "import magicroot.os" and "import .os". I
>don't like either, but would probably prefer the first since it is more
>explicit...

Well I don't like the text 'magicroot', but the logic is valid. 

global would probably be reasonable magicmarker, as its a keyword it
can never be a valid module, and it fits with the concept.

So my vote goes for 

import global.os

:-)


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>-- bjorn
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