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Re: "from module import data; print(data)" vs "import module; print(module.data)"

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sohcahtoa82@gmail.com wrote:
> Now, I've noticed people talking about importing os.path.  Is there any
> reason to use "import os.path" rather than "import os"?  Both of them will
> still put the "os" module into the global namespace.

In the case of os.path it doesn't matter, because the
os module imports the appropriate path module automatically.

But in general, importing a package won't necessarily
import submodules under it, so sometimes you need to
import somepackage.somemodule explicitly.

-- 
Greg

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"from module import data; print(data)" vs "import module; print(module.data)" Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com> - 2016-02-24 17:07 -0800
  Re: "from module import data; print(data)" vs "import module; print(module.data)" Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2016-02-25 14:39 +1100
    Re: "from module import data; print(data)" vs "import module; print(module.data)" Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com> - 2016-02-25 08:15 -0800
    Re: "from module import data; print(data)" vs "import module; print(module.data)" Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com> - 2016-02-25 08:20 -0800
    Re: "from module import data; print(data)" vs "import module; print(module.data)" Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2016-02-25 08:35 -0800
    Re: "from module import data; print(data)" vs "import module; print(module.data)" Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2016-02-25 08:51 -0800
  Re: "from module import data; print(data)" vs "import module; print(module.data)" sohcahtoa82@gmail.com - 2016-02-25 12:00 -0800
    Re: "from module import data; print(data)" vs "import module; print(module.data)" Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2016-02-26 11:20 +1300
      Re: "from module import data; print(data)" vs "import module; print(module.data)" Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-02-26 10:38 +1100
        Re: "from module import data; print(data)" vs "import module; print(module.data)" Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-02-26 11:40 +1100
          Re: "from module import data; print(data)" vs "import module; print(module.data)" Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2016-02-25 20:56 -0700
          Re: "from module import data; print(data)" vs "import module; print(module.data)" Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-02-26 15:11 +1100
          Re: "from module import data; print(data)" vs "import module; print(module.data)" Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-02-26 15:37 +1100

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