How to reload python module imported using `from module import *`

Question

I saw in this useful Q&A that one can use reload(whatever_module) or, in Python 3, imp.reload(whatever_module).

My question is, what if

Answer 1

Never use import *; it destroys readability.

Also, be aware that reloading modules is almost never useful. You can't predict what state your program will end up in after reloading a module, so it's a great way to get incomprehensible, unreproduceable bugs.