Peter Hansen wrote:
> It's always a good idea, especially when answering a beginner's
> question, to add the caution that this form ("from xxx import *") has
> certain dangers** associated with it, and is widely considered poor
> style, and should really only rarely be used.
Better still, don't even *mention* it to a beginner.
They don't need to know about it. At all. Really.
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Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept,
University of Canterbury,
Christchurch, New Zealand
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