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Alias agreement for imports can reduce costs

This code insight counts one violation each time a one of the following library is not imported with the conventionnal alias. Library -> Alias numpy -> np scipy -> sp pandas -> pd matplotlib -> mpl matplotlib.pyplot -> plt seaborn -> sns datetime -> dt bad

import numpy as my_numpy_import

good

import numpy as np

import numpy

Why you should care

Many well-known libraries have a conventions regarding which alias to use. Choosing a different one will not break the code but makes it less readable and harder to maintain for other developers.

Business Impacts

It is recommended to avoid these in order to ensure the code is more readable and cost effective.

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CAST recommendations

References

https://www.quantifiedcode.com/knowledge-base/readability/Consider%20using%20%27dt%27%20as%20alias%20for%20datetime%20imports/2c6u8cbQhttps://www.quantifiedcode.com/knowledge-base/readability/Use%20common%20abbreviations%20for%20libraries/7jRPIvMK

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For reference only. For the complete details please refer the original article
https://doc.casthighlight.com/alt_import_alias-use-alias-agreement-for-import/