On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Igor Soares <ibp....@gmail.com> wrote: > Reading the section "6.11. The import statement" > http://docs.python.org/py3k/reference/simple_stmts.html#the-import-statement > > I found: > """ > Import statements are executed in two steps: (1) find a module, and > initialize it if necessary; (2) define a name or names in the local > namespace (of the scope where the import statement occurs). > (...) > The first form (without from) repeats these steps for each identifier > in the list. The form with from performs step (1) once, and then > performs step (2) repeatedly. > """ > In the last sentence, isn't it the opposite? > With the "from" form it would find/initialize all the modules and > define just the name after "from". > Or am I missing something?????
Judging only by what you've quoted, the forms would be: 1) import os, sys, glob 2) from os.path import exists, split, join In the first form, one or more modules come after the 'import'. In the second form, a single module comes after the 'from', and then multiple names from within that module come after the 'import'. Looks fine to me. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
