[Python-Dev] Peculiar import code in pickle.py

[Alexander Belopolsky]

On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:25:23 -0400
..
> Only for top-level modules:
>
>>>> __import__("distutils.core", level=0)
> <module 'distutils' from
> '/home/antoine/py3k/__svn__/Lib/distutils/__init__.py'>
>>>> sys.modules["distutils.core"]
> <module 'distutils.core' from
> '/home/antoine/py3k/__svn__/Lib/distutils/core.py'>

That's right, but I believe the recommended way to achieve that
behavior is to supply a dummy fromlist:

>>> __import__("distutils.core", fromlist=["dummy"], level=0)
<module 'distutils.core' from
'/Users/sasha/Work/python-svn/py3k/Lib/distutils/core.py'>

That's what C implementation does AFAICT.