[Python-Dev] unexpected import behaviour

[Michael Foord]

On 30/07/2010 17:59, Oleg Broytman wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 07:26:26AM +0100, Daniel Waterworth wrote:
>    
>> @Oleg: ...
>> This is purely CPython bug-fixing/the discussion of
>> implementation choices.
>>      
>     I am not sure it's a bug.

It isn't a bug but it's a very common *cause* of bugs, even for 
relatively experienced Python programmers (this exchange being another 
case in point).

Michael

> By manipulating sys.path (or symlinks in the
> FS) one can import the same file as different modules as many times as
> [s]he wants. Should this be fixed for __main__? I doubt it. Instead of
> making __main__ a special case follow the rule: don't import the same
> module under different paths/names.
>     Make your script simply
>
> from test import main
> main()
>
> Oleg.
>    


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