I would also toss in there: never name a script test.py. Causes nothing but trouble, at least in python2.
On Nov 17, 2016 8:01 PM, <jf...@ms4.hinet.net> wrote: > Steven D'Aprano at 2016/11/17 4:04:04PM wrote: > > The most important thing you should learn from this thread is: > > > > - avoid using "from module import *" as it is usually more trouble > > than it is worth. > > > > > > It is confusing and leads to more problems than it solves. If Python was > being > > invented now, rather than 20 years ago, I would expect that there would > be no > > "import *" in the language. > > It's the greatest advice I ever had in Python:-) > > --Jach > > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
