feat: Add decision record for flat namespaces #447
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JackYPCOnline
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| Fewer imports are simpler to use and more discoverable when using IDE autocompletion & documentation. It also aligns with the Python ethos "Flat is better than nested" (PEP 20 - The Zen of Python). |
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General question: Are these decisions tied to python, or should they also be used in other language development? If its just python, can we tag them somehow?
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It applies to both - I will update that to make it more clear
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lgtm but can we align on some commit prefix here
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decision: ...
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feat(decision): ...
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Add decision record for flat namespaces/modules for exports. This came about as a result of strands-agents/sdk-python#1498 (comment)
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