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).
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