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engine, sessionmaker, create_engine, and os can all also be imported from database now... seems like you've made a mess of that namespace.

ArtOfWarfare
– ArtOfWarfare

2015-09-23 19:28:07 +00:00
Commented Sep 23, 2015 at 19:28
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@ArtOfWarfare, you can use __all__ = [...] to limit what gets imported with import *. But aside from that, yes, you're left with a messy top-level namespace.

Nathan Gould
– Nathan Gould

2015-09-23 23:28:09 +00:00
Commented Sep 23, 2015 at 23:28
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@NathanGould you could also use single leading underscore variables which are not imported by import * by default. Eg: import os as _os and use _os inside the __init__.py module in place of os.

Mathieu Rollet
– Mathieu Rollet

2021-07-23 08:47:04 +00:00
Commented Jul 23, 2021 at 8:47
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Also, you should NEVER do "import *".

Jürgen A. Erhard
– Jürgen A. Erhard

2022-11-13 09:24:23 +00:00
Commented Nov 13, 2022 at 9:24

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