On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Maru Newby <mne...@internap.com> wrote:
> Hi Jay, > > On 2012-03-22, at 2:13 PM, Jay Pipes wrote: > > > Object Imports > ============== > > In addition, the following DOES NOT appear in Glance's section on imports: > > - Do not import objects, only modules > > Nowhere in PEP8 does it mention anything about not importing objects. In > fact, PEP8 > > says this: > > The rule is there because it makes it obvious where you are using objects from (and they aren't in the current namespace), prevents that "where is this defined -scan around the file- oh, it is being imported from this other thing, let's go look there" pattern, instead you see very obviously that it isn't defined in the file and usually has a unique enough name already that you know exactly where to look. It is something pulled from the google style guide. > > I'm pretty sure the reason for this rule has nothing to do with PEP8, and > is instead intended to avoid circular imports. I don't see the utility in > applying the rule to 3rd party modules, since circular imports wouldn't be > an issue, but I do consider it a best practice for project code. > > Cheers, > > > Maru > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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