Hari Sekhon wrote: > What is the difference in terms of efficiency and speed between > > from os import path > > and > > import os > path=os.path
the only difference is that the former only sets the "path" variable, while the latter leaves both "os" and "path" in your namespace. > I would think that the import from would be better, just curious since I > read somewhere on the web, some guy's code tutorial where he did the > latter and said it was for efficiency/speed. sounds like "uneducated premature optimization" to me. </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list