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. -- 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
