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

[Guido van Rossum]

> >      from ..Y import X
> 
> Wouldn't that have to be
> 
>        from ...Y import X
>               ^-------------separator, as in A.B

NO, NO, NO!  Each dot is one uplevel.  Exactly like Mac OS 9 paths do
with ':'.  (Read macpath.py.)

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)