[Python-Dev] Python FAQ: Why doesn't Python have a "with" statement?

[Nick Coghlan]

Greg Ewing wrote:
> Cesare Di Mauro wrote:
> 
>> The same happens with:
>>
>> from Tkinter import *
>>
>> which is a fair common instruction...
> 
> ...and which should *not* be used in most cases, for
> the same reason.
> 
> All those tutorials that start out with 'from something
> import *' are doing a lot of harm to the impressionable
> minds of new programmers, IMO.
> 
Yeah, the only remotely legitimate usage of it that I am aware of is for 
modules with a hybrid implementation where the public Python module does 
a "from _native_module import *" to get the rest of the implementation. 
And even that is somewhat arguable.

To go back to Cesare's most recent example:

     t = ScrolledText.ScrolledText(master, width=60, height=37)
     t.insert(Tkinter.END, self.log.getText())
     t.configure(state=Tkinter.DISABLED)
     t.see(Tkinter.END)
     t.pack(fill=Tkinter.BOTH)

can look like:

   tk = Tkinter:
   st = ScrolledText.ScrolledText(master, width=60, height=37):
   st.insert(tk.END, self.log.getText())
   st.configure(state=tk.DISABLED)
   st.see(tk.END)
   st.pack(fill=tk.BOTH)

Cheers,
Nick.

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