[Python-Dev] unexpected import behaviour

[Oleg Broytman]

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On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 07:32:28AM +0100, Daniel Waterworth wrote:
> class Test:
>     pass
> 
> def test_1():
>     import test
>     print Test == test.Test
> 
> if __name__ == '__main__':
>     test_1()
> 
> and then run it ($ python test.py), it'll print False.

   The problem is that when you run the code as a script it is imported as
module __main__; when you import it as 'test' you get the second copy of
the module.

Oleg.
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