importing symbols from module objects

[Paul Rubin]

Don O'Donnell <donod at home.com> writes:
> Paul Rubin wrote:
> > 
> > Is there a non-messy way to import a symbol from a module object?
> > I don't see one but I might be missing something. 
> ...
> I'm probably missing something here, but why not just:
> 
> SpamException = breakfastdish.SpamException

Hey, that ought to work.  I'm the one that missed something.  I'm not
totally used to this exceptions=classes=instances stuff yet.  Now I
have to wonder what "from foo import bar as parrot" really does.
Maybe pretty much the same thing.  Anyway, thanks, I'll give it a try.