nick coghlan uytankmfgmailcom guido van rossum wrote wed mar 19 2008 257 nick coghlan wrote however pep 3100 general py3k todo list includes line item get rid import function level merry hell plays local variable optimisations possible module level version also got clobbered implemented sounds like completely separate relative import though unrelated think outside functions foo import allowed oh agree invaluable trick things like _hidden_module import speculating module level variant may come broken first place suggesting breakage intentional good idea curiousity isnt strong enough get trawl svn history find actual cause though cheers nick nick coghlan uytankmfgmailcom brisbane australia httpwwwboredomandlazinessorg _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 022603 1000 python3000 foo import