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Add wildcard import advantage to docs
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mschwager committed Nov 27, 2019
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object method can often lead to security vulnerabilities. Dlint tracks variable
names of instantiated objects and searches for insecure methods used by these
specific objects.
* Dlint can identify insecurities arising from the use of wildcard imports. For
example, `from os import *`, which results in insecure use of the `os` module,
such as a `system` call.
* Dlint is built upon the ubiquitous [Flake8](https://flake8.pycqa.org/en/latest/)
project so it's easy to use, provides a fully-featured interface, and is backed
by the [Python Code Quality Authority](https://github.com/PyCQA). This means
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