[Python-ideas] Allow 'import star' with namespaces

Hello, I posted this on python-dev, but was told that this is the more appropriate list. Currently if I do: $ import pkg Then all of the public subpackages/submodules are not automatically pulled into the 'pkg' namespace. I can do: $ from pkg import * To get all of the public subpackages/submodules, but that dumps them all into the current namespace. Why not allow: $ import pkg.* This would allow easier interactive use (by eliminating the need to import individual subpackages/submodules) while keeping the 'pkg' namespace around. Thanks, Brendan Moloney