Robert Kern wrote: >> Is there a way to avoid importing everything when importing a module >> deep in a big package? > > The package authors need to keep the __init__.py files clear. There is > nothing you can do as a user.
I figured. so, to bring this back on-topic: I recommend that no package imports anything it doesn't need to. It's just not that hard to import what you need. numpy appears to be pretty bad in this regard: >>> len(sys.modules) 29 >>> import numpy >>> len(sys.modules) 174 with a simple "import numpy", I get all kinds of stuff I'm unlikely to need in every app, and if I do, I import it anyway: numpy.testing numpy.ma numpy.random numpy.linalg numpy.lib.financial numpy.lib.polynomial numpy.fft It's probably way too late from a backward compatibility perspective to change any of this, but I'd love to see that cleaned up. Maybe we can clean up scipy, though? We could have a two-API apporach, ike what MPL has been doing. One that import every darn thing for ease of us on the command line, and one that only imports what you ask for. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception chris.bar...@noaa.gov _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
