I like the approach of ES6 where you pull in bindings that are generally lazily resolved. That is IMO the approach that should be the general strategy for Python.
The import/require schism was necessary precisely of all the issues with module side effects the python community is rediscovering now. I suppose they won’t get around a similar solution eventually; but judging from years of discussions in the JS world, this is going to be dragging on for a while.
