[issue46806] Overlapping PYTHONPATH may cause import already imported module

[Eric Snow]

Eric Snow <ericsnowcurrently at gmail.com> added the comment:

When you run a Python script, the directory the script is in is automatically added to the beginning of sys.path.  This is the fundamental issue you've run into.

Basically, "src.common_object" is imported relative to the "src" that was imported relative to that automatically added sys.path entry.  However, "common_object" is a distinct module imported relative to the sys.path entry you explicitly added.

In general, adding a package's directory to sys.path is a bad idea.

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