[SciPy-user] from scipy import * -- was: [Scipy-tickets] #635:update the old scipy tutorial and

[Almar Klein]

Hi,

I moved from Matlab to python about half a year ago and I love it.
Scipy is the reason why this is possible at all for me. But it always
annoyed me when I read "from scipy import *"  or "from pylab import *".
As it says in the python ZEN: "Namespaces are one honking great
idea -- let's do more of those!", and not less...

A big +1

Cheers,
  Almar


I love scipy and

2008/12/8 Dharhas Pothina <Dharhas.Pothina at twdb.state.tx.us>

>
> + 1
>
> I started using python/numpy/scipy in the past year and am trying to break
> the habit of using 'from scipy import *' that I picked up while trying out
> the examples and tutorials. I already have a fair number of scripts that I
> need to convert from when I didn't know better.
>
> - dharhas
>
> >>> Ryan May <rmay31 at gmail.com> 12/8/2008 11:08 AM >>>
> Sebastian Haase wrote:
> > It would be nice to hear if others also feel (somewhat) strongly about
> this ....
>
> +1
>
> The best way to break bad habits is to never learn them in the first place.
>
> Ryan
>
> --
> Ryan May
> Graduate Research Assistant
> School of Meteorology
> University of Oklahoma
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