wild card import is only allowed at the module level

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Benjamin Peterson 2009-03-25 21:50:43 +00:00
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@ -794,10 +794,10 @@ namespace which do not begin with an underscore character (``'_'``).
accidentally exporting items that are not part of the API (such as library
modules which were imported and used within the module).
The :keyword:`from` form with ``*`` may only occur in a module scope. If the
wild card form of import --- ``import *`` --- is used in a function and the
function contains or is a nested block with free variables, the compiler will
raise a :exc:`SyntaxError`.
The :keyword:`from` form with ``*`` may only occur in a module scope. The wild
card form of import --- ``import *`` --- is only allowed at the module level.
Attempting to use it in class for function definitions will raise a
:exc:`SyntaxError`.
.. index::
single: relative; import