[Python-Dev] Python FAQ: Why doesn't Python have a "with" statement?

Sun Jun 15 02:24:43 CEST 2008

Cesare Di Mauro wrote:
> The same happens with:
>> from Tkinter import *
>> which is a fair common instruction...

...and which should *not* be used in most cases, for
the same reason.
All those tutorials that start out with 'from something
import *' are doing a lot of harm to the impressionable
minds of new programmers, IMO.
-- 
Greg