[Tutor] does python have something like "#include" in C?

[Alan Gauld]

"Robert Lummis" <robert.lummis at gmail.com> wrote 

> I'm looking for a way to get boiler plate code into the main program
> file. Of course I could copy and paste it with an editor but I was
> hoping for something more pythonic. I know about import but that's not
> the same.

Others have already pointed out import.

Its also worth pointing out that #include is a pretty horrible hack in C 
that most modern commentators agree would be better removed. 
Bjarne Stroustrup tried very hard to remove it completely from 
C++ (apart from including class headers obviously which is akin 
to Pythons import). But #define and #ifdef etc are all better done 
in other ways.

Pythons import mechanism with namespaces is a far more elegant 
solution all round.

Alan G.