[Python-Dev] PEP: Lazy module imports and post import hook

[Tim Golden]

Neil Toronto wrote:
> Aside:
> 
> Nick Coghlan wrote:
>> My main concern is that the import lock is something Python users 
>> typically don't have to worry about (aside from the 'don't spawn a 
>> thread as a side effect of importing' guideline)...
> 
> I've never heard of this and I can't get Google to find it. Is it a 
> deadlock problem?

Here's one reference:

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2004-December/295970.html

TJG