surprised by import in python 2.6

[Aahz]

In article <TvxMo.3345$WJ4.1685 at newsfe12.ams2>,
Stefaan Himpe  <stefaan.himpe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>Recently someone asked me this question, to which I could not give an 
>answer. I'm hoping for some insight, or a manual page. What follows is 
>python 2.6.
>
>The problem is with the difference between
>
>from test import *
>
>and
>
>import test

Just adding to this thread for Gooja:

Don't use "import *" -- it makes debugging difficult because you can't
tell where a name comes from.
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