PyWart: "Python's import statement and the history of external dependencies"

[Rick Johnson]

On Friday, November 21, 2014 5:59:44 PM UTC-6, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 10:21 AM, Rick Johnson
> <rantingrickjohnson at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 1. Use the historical "implicit import" mechanism for most day
> > to day imports, and let Python do all the heavy lifting.
> >
> > 2. Use the new "explicit import" mechanism for advanced name
> > resolutions, but realize that since you are now taking
> > control of import, so you must do more work, and you must be
> > "exhaustively explicit" about *where* Python searches.
> 
> In other words, what you want is:
> 
> # today's method, import based on search path
> import sys
> # new explicit path method
> import '/usr/local/lib/python3.5/lib-dynload/math.cpython-35m.so'
> 
> [...]
> 
> There are a VERY VERY few cases where you really do want
> to import a module from a specific file path. For those
> situations, there are already techniques you can use. Why
> change the behaviour of import itself?

Chris, either take the time to read and understand my posts
*FULLY*, or don't bother to reply. I have in no way
suggested that we import via "filepaths". Stop lying.