[Python] Should I use `import os.path` or `import os`?

According to the official documentation, os.path is a module. Thus, what is the preferred way of importing it?

Should I always import it explicitly?

import os.path


Or is importing os enough?

import os


I know importing os works (as of Python 2.6), but I want to know if there is any official recommendation about this issue.

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