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Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2012 10:47:14 +0200
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Roy Smith wrote:
> So, it appears that you *can* import a module twice, if you refer to it by 
> different names!  This is surprising.  It means that having non-idempotent code 
> which is executed at import time is a Bad Thing.
>   
Not exactly, it means that one module is different from another if its 
path is different.
That means you need to be extra careful about how you reference a 
module. Content is not used to discriminate modules.

JM