Re: Style question: Importing modules from packages - 'from' vs 'as'

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Subject	Re: Style question: Importing modules from packages - 'from' vs 'as'
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On 3 December 2014 at 22:02, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> import os.path as path
> from os import path
>

Bah - deleted the list and sent directly to Chris ... time to go to bed.

The advantage of the former is that if you want to use a different name,
it's a smaller change. But the disadvantage of the former is that if you
*don't* want to rename, it violates DRY (don't repeat yourself).

The difference is so marginal that I'd leave it to personal preference, and
wouldn't pull someone up for either in a code review.

Tim Delaney

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Re: Style question: Importing modules from packages - 'from' vs 'as' Tim Delaney <timothy.c.delaney@gmail.com> - 2014-12-03 22:15 +1100

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