-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Jan 2, 2008, at 9:08 PM, Aahz wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 02, 2008, Raymond Hettinger wrote: >> >> The standard library, my personal code, third-party packages, and >> my employer's code base are filled with examples of the following >> pattern: >> >> try: >> import threading >> except ImportError: >> import dummy_threading as threading >> >> How about a new, simpler syntax: >> >> * import threading or dummy_threading as threading > > My gut reaction is -0. For starters, many of these should go away > with > Python 3.0 (e.g. cStringIO). Also, annoying as the try/except is, I > think the fact that it signals the special import is helpful; your > suggestion is too light-weight IMO. If you could devise something > just > a bit heavier, that would be much better. I tend to agree. The little bit of syntactic sugar doesn't really seem worth it. - -Barry -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBR3xT9nEjvBPtnXfVAQIX/QQAmg9RczTAxHUe3qsry3F9DcUQZX32C9HS VMETbSnoVS0Xrdm5J7cCYqjpHlPXLKRoFCuYGWJ03ivjws/DzAsTXhpFwSmISZId 43W2UCC6mX8izr3E+bC4uEagw7EiVFsDEIX52FoUx6vIig0piZq3XolpQUqk4tP2 EhxQzTZwx6c= =U9qz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
