On 2024-03-06, Roel Schroeven via Python-list <python-list@python.org> wrote: > Op 6/03/2024 om 17:40 schreef Jacob Kruger via Python-list: >> >>> from scoping2 import * > > [...] > > I would advice not to use 'import *', if at all possible, for multiple > reasons, one of which is to prevent problems like this.
Unfortunately, many (most?) tutorials for particular modules (and even example code in the Python documentation itself) are all written assuming that you do "from <module> import *". It saves the tutorial write a few keystrokes, but causes untold trouble for people who learn incorrectly that "from <module> import *" is the proper way to do things. > I would also advice not to use global variables from other modules > directly, and in fact would advice to minimize the use of globals in > general as much as possible. If you need to keep state between > methods, it might be better to use a class. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
