[docs] [issue17108] import silently prefers package over module when both available

[Shai Berger]

Shai Berger added the comment:

Hi,

> the reason this stuff can't change [... is] backward compatibility.

Thanks, but this is still unclear to me. The required fix for code that would break because of the change I propose, is removal of dead code which looks misleadingly alive. 

Is the backward-compatibility requirement really that strict?

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