Import concerns revisited

[Sean Kelly]

Kirk McDonald wrote:
> 
> I actually feel the best solution is full-on Python-style imports, with 
> "from" and "as", and "import" meaning FQN import. The only thing I think 
> is stopping it is the introduction of two new keywords and the fact that 
> this change in semantics would totally break essentially all existing 
> code.

Why is that?  Wouldn't the old import syntax still be available?  Or are 
you concerned about the addition of 'from', 'with', or 'as' as keywords?


Sean