help on "from deen import *" vs. "import deen"

[jfong at ms4.hinet.net]

Steven D'Aprano at 2016/11/17 4:04:04PM wrote:
> The most important thing you should learn from this thread is:
> 
> - avoid using "from module import *" as it is usually more trouble 
>   than it is worth.
> 
> 
> It is confusing and leads to more problems than it solves. If Python was being 
> invented now, rather than 20 years ago, I would expect that there would be no 
> "import *" in the language.

It's the greatest advice I ever had in Python:-)

--Jach