newbie Q: shortcuts for long module names?

[Erik Max Francis]

Robert Oschler wrote:

> Let's say I import a module with a long name:
> 
> import com.long.module.name
> 
> Now every time I access a function in com.long.module.name I have to
> prepend
> "com.long.module.name" to the member function.  Is there generally
> accepted
> and safe way to "alias" the module name or bring it into the local
> namespace
> so I can either omit or alias the module name with something much
> shorter?

Try

	import this.is.a.long.module.name as name

or

	import this.is.a.long.module.name as somethingElse

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