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

[Michael Foord]

On 13/07/2010 16:46, Alexander Belopolsky wrote:
> 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.
>    

I find the "little dance" much more readable.

All the best,

Michael




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