Right now you have to do:

    #from something import something
    #extends something

That first line feels very redundant.  Of course, sometimes that first
import statement won't look quite like that, but 90%+ it will.  So
there has to be some way of saying "extend this but don't import it".

-- IanBicking_ - 07 Nov 2001 

How about allowing #extends to do the import itself if it gets an
error?  But how far do you take it?  Are all these acceptable?

::

    #extends MyModule.MyClass  =>  #import MyModule
    #extends MyClass			  =>  #from MyClass import MyClass
    #extends Cheetah.Tools.WebwareMixin  => #from Cheetah.Tools import WebwareMixin

-- MikeOrr_ - 16 Dec 2001 

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Implementation will be like the "#extends MyClass" example above.  The
other two examples are unusual cases, and the user can jolly well
write the #import or move his module.

-- MikeOrr_ - 17 Apr 2002