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Re: All-numeric script names and import

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From	Wolfgang Maier <wolfgang.maier@biologie.uni-freiburg.de>
Subject	Re: All-numeric script names and import
Date	Fri, 23 May 2014 11:22:36 +0200
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On 23.05.2014 11:02, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 6:58 PM, Wolfgang Maier
> <wolfgang.maier@biologie.uni-freiburg.de> wrote:
>> Latin, you DID use Arabic numbers :)
>>
>
> I may have used an Arabic numeral, but I named my script very
> definitely in English. Isn't it obvious? It's read "one dot pie",
> which is clearly English! :)
>

I see, so what you should propose then is a change to import, so that 
when it can't find a module it will try to import an alternative that's 
pronounced the same way. Then you could simply do:

import one

and you're fine :)

Cheers,
Wolfgang

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All-numeric script names and import Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-05-21 23:46 +1000
  Re: All-numeric script names and import Mark H Harris <harrismh777@gmail.com> - 2014-05-21 09:24 -0500
    Re: All-numeric script names and import Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-05-22 00:40 +1000
  Re: All-numeric script names and import Mark H Harris <harrismh777@gmail.com> - 2014-05-21 09:24 -0500
  Re: All-numeric script names and import Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-05-22 19:08 -0700
    Re: All-numeric script names and import Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-05-23 13:26 +1000
    Re: All-numeric script names and import Wolfgang Maier <wolfgang.maier@biologie.uni-freiburg.de> - 2014-05-23 10:58 +0200
    Re: All-numeric script names and import Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-05-23 19:02 +1000
    Re: All-numeric script names and import Wolfgang Maier <wolfgang.maier@biologie.uni-freiburg.de> - 2014-05-23 11:22 +0200
    Re: All-numeric script names and import Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-05-23 19:28 +1000
    Re: All-numeric script names and import Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2014-05-23 16:52 -0600

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