[New-bugs-announce] [issue9109] absolute import cleanups for Python 3

[Neil Schemenauer]

New submission from Neil Schemenauer <nas-pythonbugs at arctrix.com>:

It looks like there is a bunch of legacy relative import cruft kicking around in Python 3.  The first thing I noticed is that __import__.__doc__ claims that level=-1 is the default (i.e. use the Python 2 behavior).  A little testing shows that the docs don't lie and __import__ in Python 3 defaults trying a relative import first.

What is the status of implicit relative imports in Python 3?  Can the level=-1 code be removed?

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components: Interpreter Core
messages: 108874
nosy: nas
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: absolute import cleanups for Python 3
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.3

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