Re: import os or import os.path

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Date	2011-09-06 23:49 -0400
Subject	Re: import os or import os.path
From	Joe Riopel <goon12@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
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On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Jabba Laci <jabba.laci@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If I want to use the 'os.path' module, it's enought to import 'os':
>
> import os
> if os.path.isfile('/usr/bin/bash'):
>    print 'got it'
>
> In other source codes I noticed that people write 'import os.path' in
> this case. Which is better practice?

I just followed what the help said:

""
DESCRIPTION
    Instead of importing this module directly, import os and refer to
    this module as os.path.
""

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Re: import os or import os.path Joe Riopel <goon12@gmail.com> - 2011-09-06 23:49 -0400

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