Barry A. Warsaw added the comment: I think I was unclear in my previous follow up. Here are the objects involved, taken from the glossary.
import path A list of locations (or :term:`path entries <path entry>`) that are searched by the :term:`path importer` for modules to import. During import, this list of locations usually comes from :data:`sys.path`, but for subpackages it may also come from the parent package's ``__path__`` attribute. meta path finder A finder returned by a search of :data:`sys.meta_path`. Meta path finders are related to, but different from :term:`path entry finders <path entry finder>`. path entry A single location on the :term:`import path` which the :term:`path importer` consults to find modules for importing. path entry finder A :term:`finder` returned by a callable on :data:`sys.path_hooks` (i.e. a :term:`path entry hook`) which knows how to locate modules given a :term:`path entry`. path entry hook A callable on the :data:`sys.path_hook` list which returns a :term:`path entry finder` if it knows how to find modules on a specific :term:`path entry`. path importer One of the default :term:`meta path finders <meta path finder>` which searches an :term:`import path` for modules. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue15295> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com