Production RiskSoftware ResiliencyProgramming Best Practices
Production Risk
Wildcard(*) imports can increase production risks.
This code insight counts one violation each time a wildcard import is used.
Violations pattern is:
import *
from xxx import *
Why you should care
In general, import statements should be as specific as possible and you should only import what you need. When “
from module import *" is used, you are implicitly loading all locals of the imported module into and over the importing module. This has two disadvantages:
- first, you might unintentionally overload already imported objects.
- Second, it becomes difficult to detect undefined names in the program that imported the module.
Business Impacts
CAST recommendations
References
https://www.quantifiedcode.com/knowledge-base/maintainability/Avoid%20using%20wildcard%20%28%2A%29%20imports/3Q3eTYIU
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