I've seen cases where the developer does the import of a module within a function, some cases mainly in the documentation of Django, why it was not very clear to me, if anyone can help me thank you.
Imports within functions in Python
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asked by anonymous 11.07.2018 / 01:43
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There are 2 reasons why the developer should do this:
Performance - The import will only happen when the function is called, and if it is never called, the interpreter will not need to load the module.
Retrocompatibility - Imported libraries may only be needed in specific environments (eg Windows vs Linux, Python 2 vs Python 3). The system can call the specified function for each environment and load the compatible libraries into it.
11.07.2018 / 02:32