Python guru Fredrik Lundh has an article at http://effbot.org/zone/import-confusion.htm in which he discusses use of the import statement. He says, essentially : "import X" should be the normal method of importing "from X import *" is bad practice "from X import Y" is sometime ok That seems to be the general agreement in the python world.
Some of the sample pylons applications and documentation use the "from X import *" format. Maybe we should consider changing that over time. For me as a newbie to Pylons, one of the drawbacks to the "from X import *" method is that imported objects end up in the global namespace, which makes it difficult to work out where a object comes from (made more complex since Pylons is a "glue" framework). I think I'd find Pylons code easier to read if objects were coded as X.<name> rather than just plain <name>. Anyhow, that's just a thought. I'd be interested in people's reaction to my obervations. In the meantime, I'll continue to enjoy playing around with Pylons. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pylons-discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pylons-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
