[issue42564] "from .__init__ import ..." syntax imports a duplicate module

[Serhiy Storchaka]

Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka+cpython at gmail.com> added the comment:

Other example is:

>>> import sys
>>> import xml
>>> import xml.__init__
>>> sys.modules['xml']
<module 'xml' from '/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/xml/__init__.py'>
>>> sys.modules['xml.__init__']
<module 'xml.__init__' from '/home/serhiy/py/cpython/Lib/xml/__init__.py'>
>>> sys.modules['xml'] is sys.modules['xml.__init__']
False

I'm not sure we should do anything about it other than say "Don't do this."

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nosy: +brett.cannon, eric.snow, ncoghlan, serhiy.storchaka

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