Question

How do you import classes and methods from another module without retaining the former module namespace?

I am current refactoring some legacy code and am frequently doing imports similar to these.

from legacy_module import ClassA as ClassA
from legacy_module import ClassB as ClassB
from legacy_module import ClassC as ClassC
from legacy_module import methodA as methodA
from legacy_module import methodB as methodB

This is done so that the classes can be referenced as ClassA rather than legacy_module.ClassA.

In python, how do you import all of the classes and methods above in a single statement?

from legacy_module import * as *

Answer 1

Use from legacy_module import * as your entire import.