Strike any hint that from-import-* could ever be reasonable; it's a

vile abomination and should be eradicated!

Doc/lib/libthreading.tex

@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ The \refmodule[dummythreading]{dummy_threading} module is provided for
 situations where \module{threading} cannot be used because
 \refmodule{thread} is missing.
 
-This module is safe for use with \samp{from threading import *}.  It
-defines the following functions and objects:
+This module defines the following functions and objects:
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{activeCount}{}
 Return the number of currently active \class{Thread} objects.