On Nov 18, 1:48 am, candide <cand...@free.invalid> wrote:
> # a.py
> import math as _math
>
> # b.py
> from a import *
>
> print _math.sin(0) # raise a NameError
> print math.sin(0) # raise a NameError
>
> so the as syntax is also seful for hiding name, isn'it ?
Not exactly. It's the * import mechanism here that's ignoring any
bindings that begin with an underscore. If you had:
_dummy = 1
...inside of a.py, it wouldn't be pulled in either. As you state
later, 'as' is purely a binding convenience.
Incidentally, you can still allow * import to bring in underscore-
prefixed bindings by adding them to an __all__:
__all__ = ['_dummy']
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