On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 06:55, Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Steve Holden wrote: > > Why not just put a section in both places that says "can't be bothered > > to spell this out right now" and put a URL in referring to this thread > > on Google ... that appears to have been the traditional approach to > > import semantics :) > > Well, first we point to Guido's original package essay, then to PEP 302, > then to PEP 338, then to PEP 366... and then we count the number of > people that slogged through all that without needing to take our shoes > off :) > The See Also section in importlib probably has the most links of any other module in the stdlib. > > On a more helpful note, Brett, you may find the write-up I did of the > import system a year or two ago helpful: > > http://svn.python.org/view/sandbox/trunk/userref/ODF/Chapter07_ModulesAndApplications.odt?view=log > > (some parts are a little dated now obviously, but you may still find it > better than starting with a blank page) > I'll have a look. -Brett
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