On Apr 19, 2006, at 12:53 PM, Christopher Barker wrote: > corporate user wrote: >> I'm forming the opinion that >> "from XXX import *" should be banned from all introduction, tutorial >> and example materials. > > Actually, it should be banned from virtually ALL user code! But > tutorial > and examples are a start!
It has a strong place in PyObjC, where we're putting our natural inclination for multi-layered namespaces aside to fit in with the conventions of ObjC's single namespace. At least there (in PyObjC's context), it's a natural fit, and I'd much rather it continue to be presented as the convention. I know you said "virtually", but given the fact this is the pythonmac mailing list, and PyObjC plays (at least for me) a very big part of the Python on Mac landscape, I'd hate to see a ban on what is arguably a harmless (and very timesaving!) use of "from x import *". Zac _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
