Re: Package proposal modification proposal

[Diego Nehab <diego@...>]

Hi,

> Does it really have to know? Is it common for "a.b" not to need "a" and,
> moreover, "a" be too heavy compared to "a.b"?
>
> (As far as I know, Python always import the whole "a" when importing
> "a.b", and people seem quite happy with Python...)

The problem is that if "a" doesn't know what is going on, it will have
to make "a.*" available. These can be much more expensive than "a"
itself. If "a" knew which of its submodules are being required, it could
be lazy and only load that one.

I don't care too much, but it would be nice if "a" was really in charge.

[]s,
Diego.