> On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 05:41:41PM -0500, Andrew Kuchling wrote: > > > Compatibility... ay, there's the rub! > > If you include 'ways of thinking' in 'compatibility', I'll agree. Many > people are used to being able to use exec/from-foo-import-*, and consider it > part of Python's wonderful flexibility and straightforwardness (I know I do, > and all my python-proficient and python-learning colleagues do.) Actually, I've always considered 'exec' mostly one of those must-have- because-the-competition-has-it features. Language theorists love it. In practice, bare exec not that useful; a more restricted form (e.g. one that always requires the caller to explicitly pass in an environment) makes much more sense. As for import *, we all know that it's an abomination... --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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