importing: what does "from" do?

[John Gordon]

In <n7qu0c$a3j$3 at dont-email.me> "Charles T. Smith" <cts.private.yahoo at gmail.com> writes:

> > The most likely explanation here is that the 'utilities' module simply
> > does not contain something named 'hexdump'.
> > 
> > Have you inspected the 'utilities' module?  Does it, in fact, contain
> > something named 'hexdump'?

> Yes

In that case, the problem is most likely a circular import issue, as you
mentioned.  The only way to fix it is to reorganize your modules.

How did this error come up?  Did the code work previously?  If so, what
changed?

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