import * considered harmful (was Re: circular imports (don't yell!))

[Aahz]

In article <mailman.1016860656.32479.python-list at python.org>,
Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <shalehperry at attbi.com> wrote:
>
>in his defense, the gui libs often expect you have done a from X import *. 
>otherwise your commands are fiendishly long and ugly.
>
>win = gui.create_window(gui.top_level, gui.foo, gui.bar)

So do this instead:

    from X import create_window, top_level, foo, bar

Trust me, you really prefer this.
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