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Standard Import abbreviation

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Been hearing this from many folks… from altair import * is bad. What standard acronym should we use for the altair namespace?

import altair as alt (makes sense, but “alt” sounds like “alternate” or “alt key”. On the other hand, it’s similar to matplotlib’s plt)
import altair as al (succinct, but potential for lowercase L vs 1 confusion)
import altair as at (first letter of each syllable, similar to import numpy as np. But “at” means something so maybe not ideal)
import altair as ar (somewhat confusing, but at least “ar” doesn’t have any real meaning)
import altair as vg (i.e. Vega… but doesn’t flow naturally)

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Created 6 years ago
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stonebigcommented, Jul 22, 2017

import altair as ati

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ellisonbgcommented, Sep 28, 2017

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