On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 3:42 AM, Dan Strohl <d.str...@f5.com> wrote: > For the general modules it doesn't matter, however using if you are using any > non-standard packages, and If there are duplicate names in any of the modules > and if you import them with a "*" (as some packages suggest), it can cause > you to end up referring to an object you were not intending to. > > [chomp] > > Note, using * is dis-recommended, though pretty often done, for more > information on using *, see: > https://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/modules.html#importing-from-a-package
This is exactly why (well, one of the reasons why) star imports are generally not recommended. There are a small number of modules that have promised to keep their namespaces clean in order to make this viable, but even there, it has issues of confusion. There are a few good places to use star imports, such as when you wrap one module in another; I would STRONGLY recommend against using two star imports in a single file, without being VERY sure of what you're doing. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
