Dynamic vs static imports

[frazane]

Hi all, I just started using cola and I was wondering why it is using a dynamic import system using importlib. I think users would generally prefer to have static imports since they can be resolved by static type checkers and language servers on IDEs like Pylance on VSCode. This allows to get type information while coding, as well as docstrings, etc. without ever leaving the IDE. It generally makes using a library much easier.

Is there a specific reason for using dynamic imports? Would you consider switching to static imports?

[Thomas-Christie]

+1 this would make development far easier