[Python-Dev] Multi-line import implementation (was: 2.4a2, and @decorators)

[Greg Ewing]

> My own gut feeling is that it's not important to allow parentheses on
> "bare" (from-less) imports, since you can easily repeat the 'import'
> keyword on a new line;

It might not be strictly necessary, but for consistency
I think it should be alllowed.

By the way, rather than parentheses, I would prefer to
be able to simply end the line with a comma and continue
on to the next line:

  from Bubble import foo, spam, tomato,
    grail, arthur, camembert

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