Cornelius Kölbel wrote: > I am wondering about loading modules.What is a good way of doing this? > > In my code I got one single function, where I need some functionality > from a built-in module.
built-in modules are always imported by definition, so you cannot save space or time by moving the import statement into the function. You can find the true built-in modules with sys.builtin_module_names and the modules that may have been imported indirectly by other modules you are using with sys.modules > Is it a better way to load the module only within the function > pro: the function will only be hit every now and then or only with a > probability of 90%. > So in 90% cases the modules will not be loaded. (preserve > resources) > > What is the balance between speed, resources and code style? I doubt that you'll save a significant amount of space/time, and you make your module's dependencies less obvious. > Is there a pythonian way for deciding in which case to do what? The pythonic approach is to measure; run your script with and without the tentative optimization and then decide whether the extra complication pays off. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
