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You have always been able to do the same thing in Python. This PEP isn't needed for that functionality.
You can declare imports at the beginning of a program that don’t load until they are used?
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Python Steering Council unanimously accepts "PEP 810, Explicit lazy imports"
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Re: Python Steering Council unanimously accepts "PEP 810, Explicit lazy imports"
#62Given you can already trigger import in a local scope, it's merely a syntax sugar though.
Re: Python Steering Council unanimously accepts "PEP 810, Explicit lazy imports"
#63This is great for building modules. One can now lazy import all interesting names on __init__.py, so that instead of having to remember `from module.some_submodule_that_you_need_to_remember import method` you can just do `from module import name`.
https://peps.python.org/pep-0810/#what-about-star-imports-fr... > What about star imports (`from module import *`)? > Wild card (star) imports cannot be lazy - they remain eager. This is because the set of names being imported cannot be determined without loading the module. Using the lazy keyword with star imports will be a syntax error. If lazy imports are globally enabled, star imports will still be eager. Additio…
? This has nothing to do with star imports
Re: Python Steering Council unanimously accepts "PEP 810, Explicit lazy imports"
#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
https://peps.python.org/pep-0810/#what-about-star-imports-fr... > What about star imports (`from module import *`)? > Wild card (star) imports cannot be lazy - they remain eager. This is because the set of names being imported cannot be determined without loading the module. Using the lazy keyword with star imports will be a syntax error. If lazy imports are globally enabled, star imports will still be eager. Additio…
? This has nothing to do with star imports
My bad for misreading you