Mark Janssen <dreamingforw...@gmail.com> writes: > > * Imports are fiendishly complex, hidden below deceptively simple > > syntax. > > > > It's a reasonable expectation that one can import a module from a > > source code file given its path on the filesystem, but this turns out > > to be much more complicated than in many other languages. > > Why is this so difficult?
I don't know, you'll have to ask the people who designed it that way. > Add a Graph class to the collections module (networkx is quite good) > and simply check for circular imports. Er? That doesn't address the task of importing a module from a source code file given its path on the filesystem. Other languages have the equivalent of ‘include "/path/to/file.py"’, but Python doesn't. That's the misdesign I'm describing. -- \ “Just because nobody complains doesn't mean all parachutes are | `\ perfect.” —Benny Hill | _o__) | Ben Finney -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
