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If you just want to accio act as import, you can always do this: accio = __import__ Anyway, interesting article!

• jodrellblank 13y ago
  Read the article, that was discussed and dismissed. It doesn't make accio 'act as import' because import is a keyword not a function call.
  • daGrevis 13y ago
    import is a statement. __import__ is a function hence will work. In [1]: accio = __import__ In [2]: accio("os") Out[2]: <module 'os' from '/usr/lib/python2.7/os.pyc'>
    • raimondious 13y ago
      From the article... >>> accio = __builtins__.__import__ >>> accio sys File "<stdin>", line 1 accio sys ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax # :( The author wanted accio to replace import not __import__.