Greg Stein wrote: > Ah. There is the problem. In Guido's suggestion for the "next path of > inquiry" :-), there is no "single dictionary of names". Instead, you have > Importer instances as items in sys.path. Each instance maintains its > dictionary, and they are not (necessarily) combined. > [A large number of other design issues] OK, all design issues agreed. I will make needed changes. JimA