On Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:25:23 -0400 Alexander Belopolsky <alexander.belopol...@gmail.com> wrote: > When pickle.py needs to import a module by name, it goes through a > peculiar dance of > > __import__(module, level=0) > mod = sys.modules[module] > > As far as I can tell, unless builtins.__import__ is overridden or > sys.modules clobbered by user code, the above should be equivalent to > > mod = __import__(module, level=0)
Only for top-level modules: >>> __import__("distutils.core", level=0) <module 'distutils' from '/home/antoine/py3k/__svn__/Lib/distutils/__init__.py'> >>> sys.modules["distutils.core"] <module 'distutils.core' from '/home/antoine/py3k/__svn__/Lib/distutils/core.py'> Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com