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Mon May 17 11:14:04 EDT 2004 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-May/044862.html

At 16:55 17.05.2004 +0200, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
>Phillip J. Eby wrote:
>>At 03:42 PM 5/17/04 +0200, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
>>
>>>I have a few questions about the PEP 328 which I'd like discussed:
>>>
>>>* Why do we absolutely need to change the current scheme
>>>   of 'local, then absolute' for name resolution ?
>>Because there's no way to override the current scheme without calling 
>>__import__ directly.
>
>Are you saying that you are not going to change the default __import__()
>implementation, only the way it is called ? (I wonder how you'll
>enforce the 'absolute only' strategy then)

if you pass globals = {} you get absolute imports from __import__,

It is probably true that in the long run, given the new semantics, moving 
responsabilities
away from/changing __import__ contract could make sense.

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