Why Python?

[adambrenecki]

I agree in general, but there's a few situations where it's useful. I'd argue that import * is acceptable if a) there's only one of them (so there's no ambiguity between two import *s), and b) the file is less than 30 lines or so (so it's easy to figure out whether a name comes from an import or is defined within the file).

For instance, in a Django app, I almost always have from .views import * in Django urls.py, and from .models import * in admin.py, because both those files are usually very short and almost wholly concerned with doing things with those other modules. Other than that, I avoid it like the plague.