Is it pythonic to import inside functions?

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In the long run I think you’ll appreciate having most of your imports at the top of the file, that way you can tell at a glance how complicated your module is by what it needs to import.

If I’m adding new code to an existing file I’ll usually do the import where it’s needed and then if the code stays I’ll make things more permanent by moving the import line to the top of the file.

One other point, I prefer to get an ImportError exception before any code is run — as a sanity check, so that’s another reason to import at the top.

I use pyChecker to check for unused modules.

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