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Subject: Re: Module name does not match file name
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On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 6:57 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> wrote:
> which suggests that the pgmodule.so file creates a module called "pg".
> What I don't understand is how "import pg" gets turned into "run
> pgmodule.so"?

What happens if you *don't* import pg? Is there a sys.modules["pg"]
already? If so, I'd go looking at what gets imported on startup - in
fact, either way, "python -v" output might be of value here.

ChrisA