why import * only allowed at module level?
Peter Hansen
peter at engcorp.com
Mon Jan 14 01:05:08 EST 2002
Simo Salminen wrote:
>
> How come python 2.2 does not allow code like this:
>
> >>> def a():
> ... from os import *
> <interactive input>:1: SyntaxWarning: import * only allowed at module level
>
> Why this was changed? I like to do import * at function level because
> it is handy but doesn't pollute namespace.
It actually does work (try it!) but you're getting a *warning*
now where before you got none. I can't say why you're getting
a warning though, but you can change that (see the standard
module 'warnings').
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