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From: Andy Kipp <anki-code@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2024 02:21:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] builtin: added ``__xonsh__.imp`` to have an ability to import
 and use modules immediately in one line (#5595)

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---
 news/inline_import.rst | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 xonsh/built_ins.py     | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 news/inline_import.rst

diff --git a/news/inline_import.rst b/news/inline_import.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..89de8731c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/inline_import.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* builtin: added ``__xonsh__.imp`` to have an ability to import and use modules immediately in one line
+  e.g. ``__xonsh__.json.loads('{}')``.
+  In the future ``__xonsh__`` will have short notation ``@`` and the line will looks more elegant ``@.imp.json.loads('{}')``.
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>
diff --git a/xonsh/built_ins.py b/xonsh/built_ins.py
index 4a9262a90..24c18b9d2 100644
--- a/xonsh/built_ins.py
+++ b/xonsh/built_ins.py
@@ -520,6 +520,15 @@ def xonsh_builtins(execer=None):
     XSH.unload()
 
 
+class InlineImporter:
+    """Inline importer allows to import and use module attribute or function in one line."""
+
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        if name.startswith("__"):
+            return getattr(super(), name)
+        return __import__(name)
+
+
 class XonshSession:
     """All components defining a xonsh session."""
 
@@ -530,6 +539,7 @@ class XonshSession:
         self.history = None
         self.shell = None
         self.env = None
+        self.imp = InlineImporter()
         self.rc_files = None
 
         # AST-invoked functions