Re: program to generate data helpful in finding duplicate large files

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From	Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz>
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Subject	Re: program to generate data helpful in finding duplicate large files
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Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 4:45 AM, Chris Kaynor <ckaynor@zindagigames.com> wrote:
> 
>>>from stat import *
> 
> I was going to say the same thing, except that this module
> specifically is documented as recommending that. I still don't like
> "import *", but either this is a special case, or the docs need to be
> changed.

I think it's something of a special case. The main issue with
import * is that it makes it hard for someone reading the code
to tell where names are coming from.

However, all the names in the stat module are prefixed with
S_ or ST_ and are well-known stat-related names from the unix
C library, so there is less room for confusion in this case.

-- 
Greg

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Re: program to generate data helpful in finding duplicate large files Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-09-19 04:50 +1000
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