> not even the biggest timewaster of python, which is the packaging "system".

For frequent, short-running scripts: start-up time! Every import has to scan a billion different directories for where the module might live, even for standard modules included with the interpreter.

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tweakimp 16 hours ago | parent [-]

In the near future we will use lazy imports :) https://peps.python.org/pep-0810/

	▲	theLiminator 11 hours ago \| parent [-]
		This can't come soon enough. Python is great for CLIs until you build something complex and a simple --help takes seconds. It's not something easily worked around without making your code very ugly.