File creation, polluted name space?

[Christopher A. Craig]

"Derek Rhodes" <rhoder at worldpath.net> writes:

> after I < from import os * > I can't seem to create a file
> by the method shown above.

Then don't from os import * :-)

The "from spam import *" construct is known to be susceptible to all
kinds of name space collisions and its use is generally discouraged.

Unless you _really_ know what you're doing and have a _really_ good
reason, either use "import spam" or "from spam import ham,eggs".  If
you have a really good reason, you may want to rethink it anyway.

-- 
Christopher A. Craig <list-python at ccraig.org>
"Unix-to-Unix Copy Program," said PDP-1. "You will never find a more
wretched hive of bugs and flamers. We must be cautious." - DEC Wars