Is there a point to import the same module in two different ways in a program?

Question

Is there a point to import as both wildcard and non-wildcard manner like:

import spam as sp
from spam import *

in the very same file?<

Answer 1

The only reason that I could think is that you want to change from from spam import * to import spam as sp. If you would just replace those lines, it would instantly break the code, you would have to prefix everything with sp.. If you want to do this change at a slower pace, you can do this. Then you can slowely add the sp. where needed and eventually remove the from spam import *.