namespace query

[Marco Mariani]

Dr Mephesto wrote:


> ok, sorted. I had thought that when a module was imported, it was
> added to a larger shared namespace used by all the modules.

Now, that would be awfulll

Because one of the most important things about python (and the reason I 
can live without an IDE) is that I can point my finger to an object 
somewhere and tell you where it comes from, without loading a different 
source file.

For the same reason, import * is frowned upon, especially because it's 
transitive (and contagious).