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Python

Posted by Brandon J
Brandon J
4,204 Points

Python library imports [Peewee]

On my computer if I type 

from peewee import *

I don't get auto complete on things that are in the peewee framework.

Now when I do 

import peewee

I get autocomplete to work. All I have to do is type peewee.CharField() for example to get the autocomplete.

Is there a downside to importing this way?

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,468 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,468 Points

No real downside. With autocomplete in your editor, the only downside is more text in the code which might make it slightly less readable.

However, in the Django framework, the fields are in the models module so every field is prefaced with "models." 

from django.db import models

class Person(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=30)

So it's not really different.

Anthony Baulo
Anthony Baulo
9,234 Points

Awesome! Thanks for clearing that up, Chris!