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Python Object-Oriented Python (retired) Inheritance __str__

Do you always need to specify from library import class?

Couldn't you always just import the entire library instead of importing a class from within a library.

1 Answer

Kenneth Love
STAFF
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Yep. It really comes down to how much you need from that library. Why import the entire library if you're only going to use one class/function/variable/etc?