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? Clang, clang... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
