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Re:How Python virtual environments work by hot_gril on Monday March 13, 2023 @07:37PM (#35144876)
I call `import` weird because there are several different ways to do the same thing, listed at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Refe... and summarized under "there are four forms of import declarations." Four! And I always forget the different ways they work.

Sure tree-shaking and browser support are nice, but they didn't have to make the syntax this complicated to achieve that. Not an issue with other languages.

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Re:How Python virtual environments work by Nadya on Monday March 13, 2023 @09:39PM (#35146172)
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Re:How Python virtual environments work by hot_gril on Monday March 13, 2023 @11:38PM (#35147134)
Your explanation makes sense, but imo the import syntax shouldn't even require (no pun intended) an explanation.

The bigger thing is, I'm subject to however the deps I use want to export things, so they use a mix of those. Maybe in some cases you have to use `require` even if you don't want to, I forget.

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