crickets in peril

From Code Like a Pythonista: Idiomatic Python, an excellent introduction to python idiom:

from module import *

You’ve probably seen this “wild card” form of the import statement. You may even like it. Don’t use it.

To paraphrase a well-known exchange:

(Exterior Dagobah, jungle, swamp, and mist.)

LUKE: Is from module import * better than explicit imports?
YODA: No, not better. Quicker, easier, more seductive.
LUKE: But how will I know why explicit imports are better than the wild-card form?
YODA: Know you will when your code you try to read six months from now.

Oh dear.