from __future__ import absolute_import issue

[LittleGrasshopper]

New to the group, this is my first post...

It appears that either absolute imports (or my brain) aren't working.
Given a module string.py which is in the same directory as a.py:

#File a.py
from __future__ import absolute_import

import string

print string # Module imported is string.py in current directory, not
standard library module


It imports the string module in the current directory, not the stirng
module defined in the standard library.

I've also noticed (by printing sys.path) that the current directory
seems to always be included as the first element in sys.path, even
when absolute_import is used.

Any help appreciated.