[Python-Dev] Allowing import star with namespaces (original) (raw)

Ethan Furman ethan at stoneleaf.us
Tue Apr 26 20:03:52 CEST 2011

Brendan Moloney wrote:

We all know that doing:

--> from pkg import * is bad because it obliterates the 'pkg' namespace.

The strongest reason for not doing this is that it pollutes the current namespace, not that it obliterates the 'pkg' namespace.

So why not allow something like:

--> import pkg.*

How would that be different from

--> import pkg

If you want convenience for interactive work, you can always:

--> import pkg --> from pkg import *

and then have the best (and worst!) of both techniques.

~~Ethan~~