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Re: Python's import situation has driven me to the brink of imsanity

From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Python's import situation has driven me to the brink of imsanity
Date 2016-02-07 13:52 +1100
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On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 1:47 PM,  <dimva13@gmail.com> wrote:
> Imsanity allows you to make imports usable (not ideal, but at least usable) for python projects without having to manage PYTHONPATHs or do whacky stuff like running files with python -m or put even whackier boilerplate at the top of every file. And all it requires is 'import imsanity' at the top of every file. You can put it in a macro or even just type it because it's short and easy to remember.
>
> My question is: is this crazy? Please tell me there's a better way and I just wasted my time creating this package. There's nothing I'd like to hear more.

Well, anything that makes you type "import imsanity" at the top of
every script MUST be crazy. :) I don't know about the actual
content/purpose though. Good luck with it!

ChrisA

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Python's import situation has driven me to the brink of imsanity dimva13@gmail.com - 2016-02-06 18:47 -0800
  Re: Python's import situation has driven me to the brink of imsanity Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-02-07 13:52 +1100
  Re: Python's import situation has driven me to the brink of imsanity Kevin Conway <kevinjacobconway@gmail.com> - 2016-02-07 06:34 +0000
    Re: Python's import situation has driven me to the brink of imsanity dimva13@gmail.com - 2016-02-07 06:13 -0800
      Re: Python's import situation has driven me to the brink of imsanity Kevin Conway <kevinjacobconway@gmail.com> - 2016-02-07 16:09 +0000
        Re: Python's import situation has driven me to the brink of imsanity dimva13@gmail.com - 2016-02-07 16:38 -0800
          Re: Python's import situation has driven me to the brink of imsanity Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2016-02-10 00:31 +0000
          Re: Python's import situation has driven me to the brink of imsanity Sivan Greenberg <sivan@vitakka.co> - 2016-02-10 21:05 +0200
          Re: Python's import situation has driven me to the brink of imsanity Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-02-10 21:16 +0000
      Re: Python's import situation has driven me to the brink of imsanity Sivan Greenberg <sivan@vitakka.co> - 2016-02-07 18:15 +0200
  Re: Python's import situation has driven me to the brink of imsanity Sivan Greenberg <sivan@vitakka.co> - 2016-02-07 13:43 +0200

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