imports - 2 years later

[Lars Ivar Igesund]

Derek Parnell wrote:

> On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 00:28:50 +1100, Ant <Ant_member at pathlink.com> wrote:
> 
>> In article <ops5425bcg23k2f5 at nrage.netwin.co.nz>, Regan Heath says...
>>>
>>> I believe Walter discourages the use of import inside a class and I
>>> believe your use of them is the reason for the problem.
>>
>> I need to make a joke and a note:
>>
>> so we have a ternary logic:
>> - import in module: true
>> - import in function: false
>> - import in class: maybe
> 
> Why would one think of importing stuff into a class? I don't get it. Are
> you trying to make the imported stuff 'local' to the class members and
> nothing else?
> 

Because when Ant first wrote DUI, class local imports were a workaround to
much bigger import problems than those we meet today.