[Python-Dev] __import__ problems

[Nick Coghlan]

Mart Somermaa wrote:
> But I'm still +1 for adding 'tail'/'submodule'/'tailmodule'
> argument to __import__ instead of providing an almost identical
> copy in imp.import_module().
> 
> Let me know which of the approaches is desired (if any) and I'll
> add tests and update docs.

Have you considered using runpy.run_module() instead? i.e. do you
actually need the resulting module object, or just the global namespace
produced by running its code?

If the latter, then run_module() is a much better way of going about it
as it has (slightly) fewer side effects on the import system's internals.

Cheers,
Nick.

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