os,access argument problem

[Matthew Dixon Cowles]

On Sun, 20 Aug 2000 17:05:52 -0700, Bob van der Poel
<bvdpoel at uniserve.com> wrote:

[snip]

>Ahh... actually, I'd tried os.access("foo", F_OK) and using a string
>was an act of desperation. Never occurred that I'd have to use
>os.F_OK. I'm wondering if it makes more sense to 'from os import *',
>or should I learn to do it this way?

You should learn to do it this way. Here's why: if you do

from foo import *

eventually you will import something that shadows another name. Either
you'll import a module that has an function that has the same name as
one of the builtins or you'll import two modules that each has
something of the same name. Those bugs are a nuisance to find.

>Thanks!

You're welcome.

Regards,
Matt