How do I import a full package but still call specific methods from a package directly?

I’m trying to both a module and an import from a module.

I’ve been using from time import sleep for a few years now, but I’m wanting access to more of the features from the package.

My issue is if I use import time I lose the ability call sleep() directly.

I’ve tried;

import time
from time import sleep

But I get the error:

    loop_time = time()
TypeError: 'module' object is not callable

and if I try importing the whole package and remove from time import sleep I get the error:

    sleep(1)
NameError: name 'sleep' is not defined

I can use the rename all function within visual studio to update sleep(x) to time.sleep(x) but I was wondering there is a different way/better way to do this? I don’t have a large issue because I don’t use the word sleep anywhere in my code but I expect if there was a word I couldn’t rename all with this would be a much more annoying issue.

>Solution :

Use the * keyword.

from time import *

But beware, it is generally bad practice as you might get some naming clashes, and using time.sleep() makes it clear to whoever reading the code which module you are using.