Question

Is it possible to overload the from/import statement in Python?

For example, assuming jvm_object is an instance of class JVM, is it possible to write this code:

class JVM(object):

  def import_func(self, cls):
    return something...

jvm = JVM()

# would invoke JVM.import_func
from jvm import Foo

Answer 1

This post demonstrates how to use functionality introduced in PEP-302 to import modules over the web. I post it as an example of how to customize the import statement rather than as suggested usage 😉