On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 8:56 AM Michael F. Stemper <mstem...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 15/01/2021 15.26, Stefan Ram wrote: > > "Michael F. Stemper" <mstem...@gmail.com> writes: > >> On 15/01/2021 14.01, Stefan Ram wrote: > >>> __import__( "math" ).sqrt( 4 ) > >> I had no idea that syntax existed, and find it completely at odds > >> with The Zen of Python. I'm torn between forgetting that I ever saw > >> it and using it for some evilly-obfuscated code. > > > > When one collects snippets of Python code that are intended > > to be inserted into programs, a snippet usually would have > > to consist of two parts: One part to be inserted at the top > > of the program, into the imports section, and then the actual > > snippet. > > "__import__" allows to write snippets that can be inserted > > as they are without the need to do insertions at two different > > places. (Possibly with a tool to later normalize the insertions > > to the usual style.)
I'm not sure how that works. In Python, you can just put the imports where you want them - why would the __import__ function be needed? I am confuzzed. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
