Too many imports spamming my code

Question

In my project I have a shapes package which has shapes I designed for my graphics program e.g Rectangle, Circle. I also have one or two more packages that have the

Answer 1

• If you use glob imports, it's possible to break your code with a namespace clash just by updating a dependency that introduces new types (typically not expected to be a breaking change). It could be a pain to fix in a large codebase that was liberal with their use of glob imports. That is the strongest reason I can think of for why it's a good idea to specify dependencies explicitly.
• It's easier to read code which has each of the imports specified, because you can see where types are coming from without requiring IDE specific features and mouse hovering, or going through large pages of library documentation. Many people read a lot of code outside the IDE in code review, diffs, git history, etc.