[Python-Dev] A question for the Python Secret Police

[Greg Ewing]

Jack Jansen <jack@oratrix.nl>:

> Is the following morally allowed:
>   class Foo(Foo):

Well, the standard admonitions against 'import *' apply.
Whether using 'import *' or not, though, in the interests 
of clarity I think I would write it as

   class Foo(package1.mod.Foo):

On the other hand, the funkiness factor of it does
have a certain appeal!

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