Style question: Importing modules from packages - 'from' vs 'as'

[Jean-Michel Pichavant]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Angelico" <rosuav at gmail.com>
> To: python-list at python.org
> Sent: Wednesday, 3 December, 2014 12:02:17 PM
> Subject: Style question: Importing modules from packages - 'from' vs 'as'
> 
> When importing a module from a subpackage, it's sometimes convenient
> to refer to it throughout the code with a one-part name rather than
> two. I'm going to use 'os.path' for the examples, but my actual
> use-case is a custom package where the package name is, in the
> application, quite superfluous.
> 
> Throughout the code, I want to refer to "path.split()",
> "path.isfile()", etc, without the "os." in front of them. I could do
> either of these:
> 
> import os.path as path
> from os import path
> 
> Which one would you recommend? Does it depend on context?
> 
> An "as" import works only if it's a module in a package, where the
> "from" import can also import other objects (you can't go "import
> pprint.pprint as pprint"). I'm fairly sure that's an argument... on
> one side or another. :)
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> ChrisA
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I know you specifically stated you didn't want to do this but

import os

os.path.isfile()

is the best option imo, especially from the reader point of view ("Namespaces are one honking great idea").



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