useless-import-alias (PLC0414)

Derived from the Pylint linter.

Fix is sometimes available.

What it does

Checks for import aliases that do not rename the original package.

Why is this bad?

The import alias is redundant and should be removed to avoid confusion.

Fix safety

This fix is marked as always unsafe because the user may be intentionally re-exporting the import. While statements like import numpy as numpy appear redundant, they can have semantic meaning in certain contexts.

Example

import numpy as numpy

Use instead:

import numpy as np

or

import numpy