Remove auto-import when typing the letter d to avoid being serenaded with The Zen of Python

[hgibling]

Hello,

After a lot of head scratching as to why my python script was suddenly reciting The Zen of Python this afternoon, I learned it was because my code had from this import d added to the top. I did not type that though.

After more head scratching I learned it was because I had typed a single letter d and accidentally hit enter before finishing my variable. Capital D triggers this as well.

I see how the auto-import functions are useful, but since this particular case adds a module that outputs a lengthy poem, perhaps this can be disabled, or more text can be required, or there can be a two-step confirmation process? It has bungled up at least one other person.

[debonte]

This is both hysterical and very annoying. :)

this.py is part of the stdlib that was added as an Easter egg in PEP 20.

@heejaechang, perhaps we should ban this.py from auto-import? Or maybe we should never offer auto-imports for single letter identifiers?

[bschnurr]

should we also suggest adding '_' to the front of those variables in https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/main/Lib/this.py

[hgibling]

This is both hysterical and very annoying. :)

Had this occurred 3 days prior I would have assumed it was an April Fool's joke!

[casellimarco]

Would it be possible to add the option to "whitelist" some packages in python.analysis.autoImportCompletions? For instance, when I use pdb.set_trace() I don't want it to go on the top of the file if I have forgotten to import it before

[debonte]

For this issue and #4229, we should exclude Easter egg stdlib modules from auto-import. Are there more than this and antigravity?

[heejaechang]

user can use python.analysis.packageIndexDepths to disable those if they want by giving the packate search depth 0

ex)

"name": "this",
"depth": 0

that said, I think it is good idea to filter them out from our indices at the first place.

[rchiodo]

This issue has been fixed in prerelease version 2023.5.11, which we've just released. You can find the changelog here: CHANGELOG.md