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From: Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 12:08:38 -0400
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For what it's worth, this is the reason that Allen Short wrote Exocet.

> This way, you can test your code without having to resort to sys.modules
> hackery, and you can better factor your applications by separating
> configuration and environment concerns from the rest of your code.

See:

- http://washort.twistedmatrix.com/2011/01/introducing-exocet.html
- http://washort.twistedmatrix.com/2011/03/exocet-second-look.html

-- Devin