Question

Let’s say I have a function named “hello” in a module named a, and various other functions. Is it possible to import hello as goodbye, along with the other symbols? I am thinking of something like this, however it’s not valid:

from a import hello as goodbye,*

Answer 1

You can import from a, then bind the new name that you want and delete the previous. Something like

from a import *
goodbye = hello
del hello

Star imports are usually not so good exactly because of namespace pollution.