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

[Nhi Vanye]

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>Therefore I think it is desirable for python to provide a mechanism for
>programmers to describe absolute path of imports.  Like on Unix, writing
>/bin/sh in stead of sh in a script will guarantee its behavior no matter
>where it is run and what the current PATH the user has.
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>My previous proposal was to use
>import pythonroot.AAA
>but in analogy with Unix paths maybe a syntax like
>import .AAA
>is even better.  (BTW, this is the scheme used in DNS configurations for
>distinguishing qualified and unqualified domain names.)

In another thread I suggested using 

import global.AAA

(what happens if someone wants to call a package pythonroot, we've
suddenly invented a new reserved word ?)

I'm worried that the . syntax is special-cased/it can be easily missed.

>Huaiyu Zhu                       hzhu at users.sourceforge.net
>Matrix for Python Project        http://MatPy.sourceforge.net 

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