Importing Definitions

[Skip Montanaro]

>> You can! Any name will work, functions aren't special.
>>
>> from module1 import method1, A, B, C, D, E
>
> Better practice is to use:
>
> import module1
> print module1.A
> print module2.B
>
> and so forth since that makes it far more clear what you are doing and
> where they come from. But it's not compulsory.

Maybe I'm imagining things, but I think it's pretty common to see some
big-ass modules imported using "from module import *".  While people
may think that's expedient, I think it can often be the source of
subtle bugs.

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