On 10/12/2007, Jim Jewett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there an example where you would use post-import hooks even though > the system didn't support lazy import? The best I can come up with is > "Don't import module X just for me, but *if* someone else imports it, > then I want to do these things to/with it."
That sounds to me exactly like the registration use case Christian mentioned: Register decimal.Decimal as a "ABC.Number" type - but don't import decimal just so that I can do this, rather wait and do the registration as soon as the code executes "import decimal" explicitly. Paul. _______________________________________________ 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
