[NeXus-code-tickets] [NeXusCode] #324: Name clashes with 'open'

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#324: Name clashes with 'open'
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 Reporter:  Ray Osborn       |      Owner:  Ray Osborn
     Type:  defect           |     Status:  new
 Priority:  major            |  Milestone:
Component:  python bindings  |    Version:  4.3.0-rc1
 Keywords:                   |
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 There is a function called 'open' in napi.py, which is included in the
 '__all__' list. That means that doing 'from nxs import *' prevents use of
 the standard Python open function. Of course, wildcard imports are frowned
 because of just this issue but, for interactive use of the tree API, they
 are highly desirable, and not likely to cause problems. It would be good
 if people are not forced to type 'nxs.NXentry' etc. and 'open' and perhaps
 'load' in tree.py, are the only problems.

 There are a couple of possible solutions. One is to rename 'open' to
 'nxopen', or make 'nxopen = open' and add only nxopen to the __all__ list.
 The other is to put 'import napi as nx' in the package __init__.py so that
 'from nxs import *', will still require calling 'nx.open'. The latter,
 however, would require people to type 'nxs.nx.open' if they just did
 'import nxs'.

 Comments on this are welcome.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.nexusformat.org/code/ticket/324>
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