import concerns (was Re: Historical language survey)

[Kirk McDonald]

Derek Parnell wrote:
> On Sun, 09 Jul 2006 11:59:37 +1000, Kirk McDonald  
> <kirklin.mcdonald at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>> I posted this proposal earlier, but I like it so much I'll repeat myself:
>>
>> import B with bar;
>> bar(); // unambiguous
>>
>> The point is you can list multiple names from the module without  
>> repeating the module name:
>>
>> import MyModule with foo, baz;
>>
>> And "with" is already a keyword.
> 
> 
> So what? But if you did want to reuse the "with" keyword why not use it 
> in  the same manner...
> 
>  with MyModule import foo, baz;
> 
> 

It makes the grammar simpler to start both with "import," I think. I 
also think it reads better. Both work, though. I am not picky, and will 
be happy no matter what actual keywords we get for this functionality, 
so long as we get it.

-- 
Kirk McDonald
Pyd: Wrapping Python with D
http://dsource.org/projects/pyd/wiki