[Tutor] do i have to import modules at the start of a file?

[Kent Johnson]

shawn bright wrote:
> lo there all,
> 
> i have a gui program that imports a few modules that i don't need if i 
> am using the program remotely.
> The program has an admin interface and thread interface, only the admin 
> interface is needed when
> i am using the program from a remote computer.
> 
> all of my modules are imported at the start of the file, and not 
> initiated till a certain button is clicked on the GUI, could i put those
> import statements in the button click event?

Yes but why do you want to? The reasons I know for doing this:
- the import takes a long time or a lot of memory and you don't want to 
incur the cost unless you need it
- the imported module may not be available always and you want the rest 
of the importing module still to be usable

Kent