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Mon Aug 2 20:03:16 CEST 2004 · http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-August/046636.html

Edward Loper wrote:
>> I propose to add the following function to the imp module:
>>
>>   exists(module_name)
>>
>>      Test whether the named module can be found.  [...]
>>      If a dotted module name is given, then parent modules will be
>>      imported if they haven't already been imported.
> 
> 
> If a parent module doesn't exist, will it return False or raise an 
> ImportError?

Return false.

Jim

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[Python-Dev] Proposed Python api for testing whether a module exists