text_combined: armin ronacher xpfqflqqwkygsactive4com hi propose small change fromimport behavior currently two ways import module name foo bar namely import foobar bar foo import bar main problem second work every situation modules registered names sysmodules import become attribute parent leads surprising behavior foobar import baz works foo import bar foobar module finished setting behavior especially surprising circular dependencies notice imports work properly import specific module another one fail import afterwards although doesnt seem like make difference proposal foo import bar returns sysmodulesfoobar one exists foobar attribute lookup failed test case needed attach one later regards armin _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom wed 06 aug 2008 194151 0000 pythondev proposal slightly changed semantics fromimport