On 6/29/2012 4:43 PM, Alister wrote:
from x import * is frowned upon, however, from x import y is fine IMHO.
well I said I was no expert & picking things up. re investigation I see
your reasoning and yes it was the from X import * I was thinking of.
Although a simple import X retaining the name-space ref does make it easy
to identify the origins of a function (at the expense of more typing)
import tkinter as tk
for example, to minimize extra typing while identifying source.
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