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Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 10:02:54 -0800
From: Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us>
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On 12/03/2014 03:02 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
>=20
> Throughout the code, I want to refer to "path.split()",
> "path.isfile()", etc, without the "os." in front of them. I could do
> either of these:
>=20
> import os.path as path
> from os import path
>=20
> Which one would you recommend? Does it depend on context?

I recommend the one with less typing.  ;)

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