[$] Remote imports for Python?

<p>Importing a module into a Python program is a pretty invasive operation; itdirectly runs code in the current process that has access to anything theprocess can reach. So it is not wildly surprising that a suggestion to adda way to directly import modules from remote sites was met with considerabledoubt-if not something approaching hostility. It turns out that the personsuggesting the change was not unaware of the security implications of theidea, but thought it had other redeeming qualities; others in thediscussion were less sanguine.