Use and usefulness of the as syntax

Sat Nov 12 08:59:40 EST 2011

candide wrote:
> First, could you confirm the following syntax
>> import foo as f
>> equivalent to
>> import foo
> f = foo
>>>> Now, I was wondering about the usefulness in everyday programming of 
the
> as syntax within an import statement. [ ... ]

It gives you an out in a case like
Python 2.6.5 (r265:79063, Apr 16 2010, 13:09:56) 
[GCC 4.4.3] on linux2
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>>> os = 5 # number of 'o's
>>> import os as opsys
>>> os
5
>>> opsys
<module 'os' from '/usr/lib/python2.6/os.pyc'>
(This is an instance of what arnaud mentioned.)
	Mel.