On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 8:32 AM, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't recall the reason; it may simply be due to the complexity, or > possibly it would have made the _import__ API even uglier. > I don't recall any such issues, and I can't imagine them now. The '.' is resolved before the fromlist is even considered, and is just a way to find the right package to import from. Importing '*' instead of a set of names should not be a problem. > > I'm fine with removing the restriction; your use case is compelling. > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 10:23 AM, "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > When I do a relative star import, I current get > > > > SyntaxError: 'import *' not allowed with 'from .' > > > > What's the reason for this restriction? > > > > Is it ok to remove it? > > > > I encountered the issue while porting Django. In > > django/newforms/__init__.py, they do > > > > from widgets import * > > from fields import * > > from forms import * > > from models import * > > > > In 3k, that needs to change to > > > > from .widgets import * > > from .fields import * > > from .forms import * > > from .models import * > > > > but that still won't work because of the syntax > > error. One solution would be to make the import > > explicit, but that is tedious and unmaintainable. > > E.g. for the widgets line, it would be > > > > from .widgets import (Widget, TextInput, PasswordInput, > > HiddenInput, MultipleHiddenInput, > > FileInput, DateTimeInput, Textarea, CheckboxInput, > > Select, NullBooleanSelect, SelectMultiple, RadioSelect, > > CheckboxSelectMultiple, MultiWidget, SplitDateTimeWidget) > > > > Regards, > > Martin > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/guido%40python.org > > > > > > -- > --Guido van Rossum (home page: > http://www.python.org/~guido/<http://www.python.org/%7Eguido/> > ) > _______________________________________________ > 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/thomas%40python.org > -- Thomas Wouters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi! I'm a .signature virus! copy me into your .signature file to help me spread!
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