FAQ 4.85 suggests the following for
importing a module in a package
(s = "x.y.z"):
m = __import__(s)
for i in string.split(s, ".")[1:]:
m = getattr(m, i)
Doesn't the following work equally well?
(And is more obvious and faster?)
__import__(s)
m = sys.modules[s]
Perhaps I'm missing something?
Jim