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Tue Apr 6 11:38:24 EDT 2004 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-April/044129.html

On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 10:16, Aahz wrote:

> Thanks!  Here's my rewrite; comments, anyone?

Some minor rephrasing suggestion...

> Rationale for Absolute Imports
> ==============================
> 
> In Python 2.3 and earlier, if you're reading a module located inside a
> package, it is not clear whether ::
> 
>     import foo
> 
> refers to a top-level module or to another module inside the package.
> As Python's library expands, more and more old modules suddenly shadow
> builtin modules by accident.  

As Python's library expands, more and more existing package internal
modules suddenly shadow standard library modules by accident.

-Barry

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[Python-Dev] Some comments on PEP 328 (absolute/relative imports)