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Re: Lazy Imports -- I Like This Idea

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On Sun, 29 Mar 2026 13:49:09 GMT, Gilmeh Serda wrote:

> From the initial idea I got that now we have to have the word lazy
> scattered all over the place for every module that needs to be
> loaded in such a manner:
>
> lazy import blah
> lazy import whatever
> lazy from thisorthat import meh
>
>
> Wouldn't it have been better if they used, e.g. "with" as a starter?
> Like so:
>
> with lazy:
>     import blah
>     import whatever
>     from thisorthat import meh
>
> Then it would have been much smoother to handle.

I don’t think it will be needed for a great many modules. In my case,
it was only ever an issue with matplotlib.

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Lazy Imports -- I Like This Idea Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-26 01:40 +0000
  Re: Lazy Imports -- I Like This Idea Piergiorgio Sartor <piergiorgio.sartor.this.should.not.be.used@nexgo.REMOVETHIS.de> - 2026-03-27 19:09 +0100
  Re: Lazy Imports -- I Like This Idea DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-28 00:59 -0400
    Re: Lazy Imports -- I Like This Idea Piergiorgio Sartor <piergiorgio.sartor.this.should.not.be.used@nexgo.REMOVETHIS.de> - 2026-03-28 11:40 +0100
    Re: Lazy Imports -- I Like This Idea Jason H <jason_hindle@yahoo.com> - 2026-04-14 22:16 +0000
  Re: Lazy Imports -- I Like This Idea Gilmeh Serda <gilmeh.serda@nothing.here.invalid> - 2026-03-29 13:49 +0000
    Re: Lazy Imports -- I Like This Idea Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-29 22:35 +0000
      Re: Lazy Imports -- I Like This Idea Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2026-03-29 19:03 -0700
        Re: Lazy Imports -- I Like This Idea Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-30 02:17 +0000
          Re: Lazy Imports -- I Like This Idea Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2026-03-30 11:21 -0700
      Re: Lazy Imports -- I Like This Idea Gilmeh Serda <gilmeh.serda@nothing.here.invalid> - 2026-04-03 11:12 +0000
        Re: Lazy Imports -- I Like This Idea Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-03 22:45 +0000
    Re: Lazy Imports -- I Like This Idea Piergiorgio Sartor <piergiorgio.sartor.this.should.not.be.used@nexgo.REMOVETHIS.de> - 2026-04-03 13:33 +0200

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