[Tutor] question about import statement

[Bill Allen]

On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 7:44 PM, Corey Richardson <kb1pkl at aim.com> wrote:

> Why don't you try it out without the "from tkinter import ttk" statement,
> and see if it works?
>
> Bill Allen wrote:
>
>> I was experimenting with Tk today, just trying it out.   I found this
>> example of a very simple "hello world" button click program.  This is it.
>>
>> from tkinter import *
>> from tkinter import ttk
>>
>> root = Tk()
>> button = ttk.Button(root, text="Hello World").grid()
>> root.mainloop()
>> What I don't understand is why it is necessary to run that import
>> statement twice.  Shouldn't import * bring everything in from tkinter?
>>
>>
>> Just wondering,
>>
>> Bill Allen
>>
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