[Python-Dev] Re: [Import-sig] Re: Proposal for a modified import mechanism.

[Prabhu Ramachandran]

>>>>> "JCA" == James C Ahlstrom <jim@interet.com> writes:

    JCA> When Python starts, it imports site.py which imports os.py.
    JCA> So os.py gets loaded, and won't normally get re-loaded.  The
    JCA> os.py that gets loaded depends on sys.path.

    JCA> So if os.py is in package1, it won't get loaded for "import
    JCA> os", but it would get loaded for "import package1.os".  Are
    JCA> you saying that "import package1.package2.os" will load
    JCA> package1/os.py?  I hope that "import os" will not load
    JCA> package1/os.py, will it?  Or am I totally confused.

Ummm doing an 'import os' will import the package1/os.py and *not* the
standard one.  This will happen even though os.py was imported earlier
by site.py.  This is what Gordon was objecting to in the first place
and why he proposes using rimport, rrimport etc. to make things more
explicit.

prabhu