Once you know how to add and use a Python module, you will greatly extend the capabilities of the language. A Python module is an external class or set of functions that exist outside the main file of ...

Importing modules in Python is ubiquitous; most Python programs start with at least a few import statements. But the performance impact of those imports can be large—and may be entirely wasted effort ...

Back in September, we looked at a Python Enhancement Proposal (PEP) to add "lazy" imports to the language; the execution of such an import would be deferred until its symbols were needed in order to ...