Scope question

[Paul Rubin]

"MDK" <mdk at mdk.com> writes:
> > from  mymod import *
> > mymod_dosomething = dosomething
> >
> > def dosomething(x):
> >     mymod_dosomething(1000)
> >
> > Neal
> 
> Neat!  Thanks, Neal.

Alternatively, in Python 2.x,

  from mymod import dosomething as mymod_dosomething

Generally, it's best to avoid "from mymod import *", precisely
because of collisions like this.  As other people have mentioned, it's
better to say

  import mymod

  def dosomething(x):
    mymod.dosomething(1000)