Re: Lazy Imports -- I Like This Idea

Piergiorgio Sartor <[email protected]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 19:09:49 +0100
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 26/03/2026 02.40, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> So Python 3.15 will introduce a new, “lazy” import mechanism
> <https://peps.python.org/pep-0810/>.
> 
> So far I have done one script where I moved an import into the
> function where it was used, instead of doing it globally; this reduced
> the script startup time from around 1.5 seconds down to about a
> quarter second.
> 
> “Lazy” imports would avoid the need for such workarounds, while
> keeping all imports together so they can be found more easily.

Interesting, I needed this as well.
Last time I checked, the suggestion
was rejected...

Good if they changed their mind.

bye,

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piergiorgio