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Re: All-numeric script names and import

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Date 2014-05-23 19:28 +1000
Subject Re: All-numeric script names and import
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 7:22 PM, Wolfgang Maier
<wolfgang.maier@biologie.uni-freiburg.de> wrote:
> 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 :)

This strikes me as a very dangerous proposal. Imagine what would
happen when you try to "import chip" in New Zealand and it goes out
looking for "chup.py". Or the devastating results of "yes.py" and
"no.py" being indistinguishable on politicians' builds of Python...

ChrisA

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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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