[Tutor] Confused about "import Numeric" vs "import numpy" for Arrays

S Python spython01 at gmail.com
Sat Aug 9 00:55:39 CEST 2008


> Another reason not to use "from xx import *" is that it can make it
> very difficult to discover where a name is defined. If you have
> several "from xx import *" lines and then later you use a function
> "foo()" there is no easy way to tell which module foo came from.
>
> An alternative is to list just the names you want to import:
> from xx import foo
>
> Kent
>

Kent - Another great point.  Thanks for contributing to the list.

Samir


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