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

[R. David Murray]

R. David Murray added the comment:

Ah, yes.

To clarify for Shai, by the way, the reason this stuff can't change (and the reason there is a new step 3 instead of changing the whole algorithm to be something more sensible) is because of the requirement of maintaining backward compatibility.

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