No more waiting on slow-loading modules or wasting time on ad hoc workarounds: Python 3.15’s new ‘lazy imports’ mechanism has you covered. When you import a module in Python, the module’s code must be ...

The advent of lazy imports in the Python language is upon us, now that PEP 810 ("Explicit lazy imports") was accepted by the steering council and the feature will appear in the upcoming Python 3.15 ...

Importing modules in Python is ubiquitous; most Python programs start with at least a few import statements. But the performance impact of those imports can be large—and may be entirely wasted effort ...

Python programs are set to get faster startup times with PEP 810 "Explicit lazy imports," which allows scripts to defer loading imported libraries until they're actually needed rather than at startup.

Python 3.15 reached stable status on Oct. 9, 2026, according to its official release page. Its headline changes put UTF-8 in charge of text encoding by default and introduce an opt-in lazy keyword for ...

Python 3.15 has been released with updates including explicit lazy imports, new built-in types, and an upgraded JIT compiler. Python regularly comes top of league tables for popularity, because it ...