<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Jay,<div><br><div><div>On 2012-03-22, at 2:13 PM, Jay Pipes wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font>Object Imports<br>==============<br><br>In addition, the following DOES NOT appear in Glance's section on imports:<br><br>- Do not import objects, only modules<br><br>Nowhere in PEP8 does it mention anything about not importing objects. In fact, PEP8 says this:<br></div></blockquote></div><br><div>I'm pretty sure the reason for this rule has nothing to do with PEP8, and is instead intended to avoid circular imports. I don't see the utility in applying the rule to 3rd party modules, since circular imports wouldn't be an issue, but I do consider it a best practice for project code.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Maru</div></div></body></html>