[Python-Dev] Fix import errors to have data

[Jim Fulton]

Guido van Rossum wrote:
>>Nope. It doesn't handle packages.
>>
>> >>> import compiler.ast
>> >>> import imp
>> >>> imp.find_module('compiler.ast')
>>Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
>>ImportError: No module named compiler.ast
> 
> 
> The docs explain how to handle that though.

Sure.  But it would be better to have an API
that you could just call to find out if a module is present.
This could be implemented on top of find_module.

Jim

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