[ python-Bugs-1488915 ] Multiple dots in relative import statement raise SyntaxError

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Bugs item #1488915, was opened at 2006-05-15 15:26
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Category: Parser/Compiler
Group: Python 2.5
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Žiga Seilnacht (zseil)
Assigned to: Thomas Wouters (twouters)
Summary: Multiple dots in relative import statement raise SyntaxError

Initial Comment:
When a relative import statement contains more than
one period and no module name, SyntaxError is raised.
Example:

from  .  import  spam       # this works
from  ..spam  import  eggs  # this works
from  ..  import  eggs      # this raises SyntaxError

The problem is in the following line in Grammar/Grammar:

import_from: ('from' ('.'* dotted_name | '.')

According to Guido's mail:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2003-December/041065.html
that line should be:

import_from: ('from' ('.'* dotted_name | '.'+)

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>Comment By: Georg Brandl (gbrandl)
Date: 2006-05-16 07:25

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Assigned to Thomas. It doesn't seem as simple as adding the
"+" in Grammar.

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