import x as y

[Moshe Zadka]

On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Delaney, Timothy wrote:

> Further to this ...
> 
> import x
> y = x
> del x
> 
> *does* pollute the local namespace for a short while (if you already have x
> in the local namespace it will get rebound to the module). Does
> 
> import x as y
> 
> still pollute for that period of time, or is x *never* in the local
> namespace?

No, it's actually closer to

y = __import__("x")

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