On 2/2/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Randall wrote: > > > While browsing through the source code, I've seen lots of relative > > imports, which is discouraged in the PEP 8 style guide. > > > > - Relative imports for intra-package imports are highly > > discouraged. > > Always use the absolute package path for all imports. > > (However, once PEP 328 [7] is fully implemented, its style of > > explicit relative imports will be recommended.) > > > > I think that Python 2.5 will issue deprication warnings > > I find that a bit unlikely. > > > so it would be a good idea to use absolute paths or do the from __future__ > > import absolute_import thing. > > What absolute_import thing ? > > $ python2.4 > Python 2.4.1 (#1, Aug 11 2005, 18:03:42) > >>> from __future__ import absolute_import > File "<stdin>", line 1 > SyntaxError: future feature absolute_import is not defined
Wow. That PEP appears to be very wrong. Nevertheless, getting rid of relative imports in the code is a good plan. Kevin
