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

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  Re: Style question: Importing modules from packages - 'from' vs 'as' Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-12-04 10:02 -0800

#81926 — Re: Style question: Importing modules from packages - 'from' vs 'as'

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On 12/03/2014 03:02 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
> 
> 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:
> 
> import os.path as path
> from os import path
> 
> Which one would you recommend? Does it depend on context?

I recommend the one with less typing.  ;)

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~Ethan~

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