Project structure - Best practices

[Aahz]

In article <2d1f986f-94da-49c8-a1a5-df9457d5f8b3 at r36g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
Rafe  <rafesacks at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>...and I completely agree. I always use the standard import form
>unless absolutely necessary. However, I use 'as' to shorten the path
>to the last module. For example:
>>>> import app.foo.bar as bar
>>>> instance = bar.Class()

Why bother with ``as`` in this case?

from app.foo import bar
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