"Terry Reedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "John Bokma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> def foo(): >>> import bar >>> bar.printStuff() >> I am new to Python so this might be a weird question, but it there a >> reason why you import bar inside foo? > > Two possible reasons: > 1) delay import until actually needed, if ever. > 2) put 'bar' into the function local namespace instead of the module > global namespace
OK clear and thanks. I was guessing the later, and the first one I overlooked (Perl works different, you have to do the delay yourself). -- John MexIT: http://johnbokma.com/mexit/ personal page: http://johnbokma.com/ Experienced programmer available: http://castleamber.com/ Happy Customers: http://castleamber.com/testimonials.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
