Modifying a variable in a module imported using from … import *

Question

Consider the following code:

#main.py
From toolsmodule import *
database = \"foo\"

#toolsmodule
database = \"mydatabase\"

As it seems, thi

Answer 1

Why don't you do it like that:

import toolsmodule
toolsmodule.database = "foo"
from toolsmodule import *  #bad idea, but let's say you have to..
print database #outputs foo