Why do these sites advise against "from ... import ..."?

On Oct 2, 2012, at 5:01 PM, Python inside Maya <[email protected]> wrote:

> I would love to hear some thoughts on handling python imports, specifically 
> in larger code depots with deeper hierarchies.
> The way I see it, the safest way to go is to import 
> company.teamA.whatever.module
> 
> The big draw back that I see is that the code becomes bloated with 
> company.teamA.whatever.module.class().method()
> From that perspective - from company.teamA.whatever import module - seems 
> like a better choice
> Then code reads module.class().method()
> 
> This gets more and more problematic, the deeper the code depot hierarchy 
> is/gets. When reading up on Python imports several sites advice against using 
> the from-import technique.
> Any input is appreciated,
> 
> Thanks,
> /Christian
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