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Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 16:05:34 -0400
Subject: Re: import syntax
From: Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com>
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On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 3:48 PM, Devyn Collier Johnson
<devyncjohnson@gmail.com> wrote:
> The PEP8 recommends importing like this:
>
> import os
> import re
>
> not like this:
>
> import os, re
>
> Why is that? Is there a performance advantage to one of the styles?
>
>
> Mahalo,
>
> Devyn Collier Johnson
> DevynCJohnson@Gmail.com
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I think its just for clarity

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Joel Goldstick
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