"TP" == Tim Peters <tim_one@email.msn.com> writes:
TP> + "import package.*" is Java's way of spelling "from package TP> import *", and because of the preceding is the only way to get TP> convenient local names for classes imported from other TP> packages (note that can you can never import a package/module TP> in Java; you can only import a type name). So most Java code TP> will do the above as TP> import java.awt.*; TP> and end up importing a gazillion names. This sucks for the TP> same reasons "import *" sucks in Python, although Java catches TP> the name conflicts at compile time. The interesting this is that, while the Java developers did this at the language level, at the VM level, every class is "fully qualified"; you see the absolute path for every class name. import pkg.pkg.* is the reason why you still have to have unique named classes like PyThinging or JWiggie, and yup it sucks. -Barry