[Python-ideas] Disallow importing the same module under multiple names

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 12:09:55PM -0700, Guido van Rossum wrote:

> Yeah, one should never add a module to sys.path that has a __init__.py file.

Should import raise a warning in that case?

I wouldn't want an outright error. I've cd'ed into a package directory 
in the shell, then run a python module from that directory too many 
times to want an exception, but I wouldn't mind a warning.


-- 
Steve