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Re: Loading a package applies automatically to future sessions?
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Clément Pit-Claudel |
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Re: Loading a package applies automatically to future sessions? |
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Sun, 4 Feb 2018 23:15:00 -0500 |
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On 2018-02-04 20:08, Richard Stallman wrote:
> > > Does Python have autoloads? I would expect not.
>
> > Yes, in two senses:
>
> > * Installing a package with 'pip' commonly installs small binaries in
> your path, so you can call the program from the command line.
> > * Python has .pth files that work essentially like Emacs autoloads.
> These aren't used very commonly.
>
> How do these autoload-like constructs in Python interact with
> the usual need to 'import' a package to make its entry points accessible?
They're the first thing the interpreter runs when it starts. You can write
'import foo' on a separate line, and then python imports 'foo' before running
your actual program. The code in 'foo' can then introduce new global names by
modifying the builtins dictionary (this isn't a very common practice)
- Re: Loading a package applies automatically to future sessions?, (continued)
Re: Loading a package applies automatically to future sessions?, Richard Stallman, 2018/02/01
- Re: Loading a package applies automatically to future sessions?, Clément Pit-Claudel, 2018/02/01
- Re: Loading a package applies automatically to future sessions?, Richard Stallman, 2018/02/03
- Re: Loading a package applies automatically to future sessions?, Clément Pit-Claudel, 2018/02/04
- Re: Loading a package applies automatically to future sessions?, Tim Cross, 2018/02/04
- Re: Loading a package applies automatically to future sessions?, George Plymale II, 2018/02/05
- Re: Loading a package applies automatically to future sessions?, Tim Cross, 2018/02/05
Re: Loading a package applies automatically to future sessions?, Richard Stallman, 2018/02/04
Re: Loading a package applies automatically to future sessions?,
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Re: Loading a package applies automatically to future sessions?, Richard Stallman, 2018/02/05
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