[Python-Dev] Draft PEP: "Simplified Package Layout and Partitioning"

[Greg Ewing]

Antoine Pitrou wrote:

> The additional confusion lies in the fact that a module can be shadowed
> by something which is not a module (a mere global variable). I find it
> rather baffling.

I think we're stuck with that as long as we use the same
syntax for importing a submodule and importing a non-module
name from a module, i.e. 'from x import y'.

-- 
Greg