Easily solved with the totally evil ninja mode pattern of module initialization. It has yet to catch on.
def ninja(): global exported import os def exported(): # do something ninja() del ninja On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 1:13 PM Sven R. Kunze <srku...@mail.de> wrote: > Interesting to see that others have the same problem. > > We also had this kind of "over-protective" behavior. As far as I know, our > devs stopped doing it as it feels cumbersome. > > > Another argument for this is: when using PyCharm, this IDE will suggest > imports from those modules which aren't the original ones. So, you might > import from a third-party module. Over time, however, people learn to pick > the "right" module to import from. > > Cheers, > Sven > > > On 09.01.2017 12:42, Steve Holden wrote: > > One of my developers recently submitted a pull request incuding a number > of lines like > > import os as _os > > When I asked him why he suggested a) this would improve encapsulation, and > b) the practice was supported in the stdlib. Further investigation reveals > that some modules (e.g. argparse, crypt, difflib, random) do use this > technique, but it is far from universal. > > So I thought it would be useful to get input from current devs about the > value of this practice, since to me it seems somewhat anti-pythonic. What > advantages does it confer? > > regards > Steve Holden > > > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing > listPython-Dev@python.orghttps://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > > > Unsubscribe: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/srkunze%40mail.de > > > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/dholth%40gmail.com >
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