Yes, you're right. The problem is, when you use the first one, you may cause a 'name pollution' to the current namespace.
read this: http://bytebaker.com/2008/07/30/python-namespaces/ cheers, Chao 2011/7/19 Alex Ter-Sarkissov <ater1...@gmail.com> > this is probably silly question, I've seen in this in one of the > tutorials: > > from tkinter import * > import tkinter.messagebox > > given that * implies importing the whole module, why would anyone bother > with importing a specific command on top of it? > > _______________________________________________ > NumPy-Discussion mailing list > NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org > http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion > > -- *********************************************************************************** Chao YUE Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE-IPSL) UMR 1572 CEA-CNRS-UVSQ Batiment 712 - Pe 119 91191 GIF Sur YVETTE Cedex Tel: (33) 01 69 08 77 30; Fax:01.69.08.77.16 ************************************************************************************
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