[Python-ideas] Unpacking a dict

[Nikolaus Rath]

On May 27 2016, Brendan Barnwell <brenbarn-OJtuk2o/0Ank1uMJSBkQmQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On 2016-05-27 08:09, Nikolaus Rath wrote:
>> Very true. But as someone else already said (I can't find the email
>> right now), we have a different construct that everyone is familiar with
>> and that's easily adapted for this situation:
>>
>> from dict context import active_id, active_ids, active_model
>>
>> or more general:
>>
>> "from dict"  <expr> "import" <identifier list>
>>
>> Everyone knows that "from .. import .." modifies the local namespace. We
>> just have to extend it to work not just on modules, but also on
>> dictionaries.
>
> 	One problem with this is that currently "from" doesn't operate
> on names or objects.  It operates on module paths.  You can't do this:
>
> import somepackage as othername
> from othername import something
>
> 	(You'll get "No module named othername".)
>
> 	If we change this


I'm not proposing to change this. I'm proposing to add a new "from dict
<foo> import <bar>" statement that provides the new functionality.


Best,
-Nikolaus

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