Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Robert > Kern wrote: > >> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >>> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >>> Connelly Barnes wrote: >>> >>>> The main point of autoimp is to make usage of the interactive Python >>>> prompt more productive by including "from autoimp import *" in the >>>> PYTHONSTARTUP file. >>> The main problem I have with your idea is that any kind of import >>> statement with wildcards in it automatically starts my bogosity meter >>> flashing its "RED ALERT" sign and clanging all its alarm bells. >> "from ... import *" was *designed* for interactive use, which is exactly >> what Connelly is suggesting. It's not a bad thing in that context. > > But there is nothing in the language that constrains its use to that > context, is there?
No. What's your point? Connelly Barnes states that the main point of autoimp is to make usage of the interactive prompt better by including "from autoimp import *" into a PYTHONSTARTUP file. That file is only executed for interactive sessions. He's not suggesting that people do "from autoimp import *" in their modules. -- Robert Kern "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth." -- Umberto Eco -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
