On 2021-06-24 20:59:31, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Seriously, there's a time to realise when arguments against a feature > devolve down to utterly spurious claims that Python programmers are > idiots who will be confused by: > > from extensions use flatten > mylist.flatten() > > but can instantly understand: > > from extensions import flatten > flatten(mylist)
Does this mean importing a module can modify other objects, including builtins? Should this spooky-action-at-a-distance be encouraged? OTOH, this already happens in the stdlib with rlcompleter, I assume using monkey-patching. This is a special case for interactive use, though. https://docs.python.org/3/library/rlcompleter.html _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/JVBVM6QM3DOEGMOJNCAOOHK4V5RLYPQS/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
