[Python-ideas] import fallback syntax

Chris Withers chris at simplistix.co.uk
Thu Mar 8 18:55:35 CET 2012

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Hi All,
I see a lot of Python like this:
try:
 from cDecimal import Decimal
except ImportError:
 from decimal import Decimal
...and nest deeper if you're talking about ElementTree.
How about some syntactical sugar to make this less obnoxious:
from cDecimal or decimal import Decimal
from x.y.z import X as X or
 a.b.z import Y as X or
what do people think?
Chris
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