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Tomorrow (Apr 25, 2006) at 8:53am, John Connors spoke these wise words: - ->G'day, - -> - ->I'm having trouble understanding the difference between, - -> - ->import sys - ->and - ->from sys import * - -> - ->It seems to me they both do the same thing. - -> - ->John import sys imports sys elements in their own namespace use by preceding elements with 'sys.' from sys import * imports sys elements in the local namespace use elements as any other local - no 'sys.' prefix d:^) - -- Terry <tvbareATsocketDOTnet> ', .-`-,\__ ."` `, .'_. ._ `;. __ / ` ` `.\ .--. /--,| 0) 0) )`_.-,) | ;.-----.__ _-'); / '--./ `.`/ `"` : '` |. | \ / // \ '---' /' `------' \ jgs/a:f _/ `--... <http://members.socket.net/~tvbare/> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFETXsAQvSnsfFzkV0RApBrAJ9gKu6tnxF8cAkmRpqfd8eFPxdEZACdGSk+ 0AvUDxCmUZ+cZeHnp0VHid8= =a8iW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor