Re: [Visualpython-users] Let's hash out the documentation for restrictive imports

[Guy K. K. <g....@ma...>]

On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 17:39:59 Bruce Sherwood wrote:
> Here's another possibility for the contents of a file in the visual
> folder, perhaps called libvisual as has been suggested:
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------
> from . import cvisual
> from .cvisual import (vector, mag, mag2, norm, cross, rotate,
>                        comp, proj, diff_angle, rate, waitclose)
> from .primitives import (arrow, cylinder, cone, sphere, box, ring, label,
>                                frame, pyramid, ellipsoid, curve,
> faces, convex, helix,
>                                points, text, distant_light, local_light)
> from . ui import display
> from . import crayola
> color = crayola
> from . import materials
> from . import site_settings
> ----------------------------------------------------

Why all these funky relative imports ("from . import foo")?

It should be much cleaner to just say "import foo"!

Guy

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