[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 328 -- relative and multi-line import

[David Abrahams]

David Goodger <goodger at python.org> writes:

> Guido van Rossum wrote:
>  > At least "from . import X" and "from .. import X" are completely
>  > clear and more levels up are not likely to occur in practice...
>
> I have Aahz's revision ready to check in, but I'm unclear on one
> point.  Is the accepted/pronounced relative import syntax dots only,
> or can there be a branch too?  In other words, is the "Y" here
> acceptable (where Y is a sibling to the current module's package)?
>
>      from ..Y import X

Wouldn't that have to be

       from ...Y import X
              ^-------------separator, as in A.B
??

Or was that what you intended, David?

I'm thinking some other syntax is needed to represent upward travel
in the hierarchy, e.g.

       from ^.Y import X
       from -.Y import X

<ducks>

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Dave Abrahams
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