Why/how does named vs wildcard import affect parameters?

python import tkinter wildcard

from tkinter import *

Loads everything from tkinter module, and puts it in the global namespace.

import tkinter as tk

Loads everything from tkinter module, and put it all in the tk namespace. So Label is now tk.Label, and W is tk.W

Your third option, which is better when you only need a few objects from the module, would be:

from tkinter import Label, Entry, Button, W, E, Tk

Etc. Again, better when you just need one or two. Not good for your situation. Just included for completeness.

^{Fortunately you only have one import * or you'd have a much harder time determining which module everything came from!}

Edit:

tkinter.W = 'w'tkinter.E = 'e'tkinter.S = 's'tkinter.N = 'n'

They're just constants. You could pass the string value and it would work just as well.