[Import-sig] Why add '' to sys.path if there's an __init__.py?

[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]

Guido van Rossum writes:
 > Very clever.  But what if the package's (grand*)parent is *not* on
 > sys.path?  I say it's a user error and that's that.

  In that case, the problem (file importable by more than one module
name) does not exist, and the ImportError is raised.
  The solution I proposed doesn't mask the error in any way, it
clarifies it by raising an ImportError.  I think it improves the
situation by producing less user confusion.


  -Fred

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