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On 26 Aug 2012 13:43:33 GMT, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> declaimed the following in
gmane.comp.python.general:


> 
> (In some older versions of Python, wildcard imports are allowed, and the 
> function then falls back on a namespace instead of fixed locations. That 
> is no longer the case in Python 3.2 at least.)
>
	Must be really old:

PythonWin 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Mar 27 2008, 17:57:18) [MSC v.1310 32 bit
(Intel)] on win32.
Portions Copyright 1994-2006 Mark Hammond - see 'Help/About PythonWin'
for further copyright information.
>>> def ham():
... 	from math import *
<interactive input>:1: SyntaxWarning: import * only allowed at module
level
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