Phillip J. Eby wrote: > At 12:05 AM 5/11/2007 -0400, Jim Jewett wrote: >> So we're mostly in agreement, but I had also wanted to leave out >> importString. >> >> I know it can seem simpler to treat everything as an object, and not >> worry about where the type switches from package to module to instance >> to attribute. I see it used in Twisted. >> >> But I'm not sure it is *really* simpler for someone who isn't familiar >> with your codebase, > > The use case is to be able to have a string that refers to an > importable object. The unittest module has something similar, egg > entry points do, and so does mod_python. (I wouldn't be surprised if > mod_wsgi has something like that also.) Chandler's repository > (object database) also had code to "load classes" by using a string > import, before I got there.
zope.interface also allows "lazy" imports using string versions of module names in specific circumstances where circular dependencies are common. -- Benji York http://benjiyork.com _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
