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Why not? It helps limiting variable scope. The advantage of a global variable without the disadvantages.

• cuteboy19 4y ago
  Why not- possible to get an importerror if you make a mistake in the import statement. This kind of error should happen as early as possible and you won't expect it to happen during a random function call
  • kelnos 4y ago
    If you're writing in a dynamically-typed, interpreted language like python, I think mistyping an import inside a function is really the least of your concerns when it comes to mistyping things.
    • cuteboy19 4y ago
      It's also possible that the library isn't installed