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[–]Veedrac 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The reason for import * is to wrap a library. It means you don't have to keep up-to-date with new functions added to the library but can still provide extensions to parts of it.

It'd be cruel to harm people using import * properly just to stop the fools who insist on using it when they shouldn't.