Josiah Carlson wrote: > Fernando Perez wrote:
>> I've wondered if it wouldn't be better if the std lib were all stuffed into >> its own namespace: >> >> from std import urllib >> >> If a more structured approach is desired, it could be >> >> from std.www import urllib > > This generally brings up the intersection of stdlib and nonstdlib naming > hierarchy. More specifically, what does "import email" mean? > Presumably it means to import the email module or package, but from the > current module directory, or from the standard library? Well, I've thought of this (ligthly) mostly as a py3k thing, since it would require that 'import email' in the naked fails, as it would become 'import std.email', or 'import std.www.email' or whatever. A plain 'import email' would then refer to some third-party 'email' module, not part of the standard library. Since this would mean a massive break of exisiting code, it would necessarily be a py3k issue. But nonetheless the idea of confinign the stdlib to the 'std' namespace does have some appeal, at least to me. Best, f _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
