PEP 8 exegetics: conditional imports?

[Christian Heimes]

kj wrote:
> I seek the wisdom of the elders.  Is there a consensus on the matter
> of conditional imports?  Are they righteous?  Or are they the way
> of the wicked?

imports in functions are dangerous and may lead to dead locks if they 
are mixed with threads. An import should never start a thread and you 
should avoid to import code in threads.

Christian