On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 4:45 AM, Chris Kaynor <ckay...@zindagigames.com> wrote: >> from stat import * > > > Generally, from import * imports are discouraged as they tend to populate > your namespace and have issues with accidentally overriding imported > functions/variables. Generally, its more Pythonic to use the other imports > (or import as) and reference with the namespace, as you are doing everywhere > else. The main case where from import * is recommended is API imports (for > example, importing the API of one module into another, such as for > inter-platform, inter-version, or accelerator support). >
I was going to say the same thing, except that this module specifically is documented as recommending that. I still don't like "import *", but either this is a special case, or the docs need to be changed. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
