Forcing absolute package imports in 2.7?

From	Michael Parker <michael.g.parker@gmail.com>
Date	2011-03-30 19:26 -0700
Subject	Forcing absolute package imports in 2.7?
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Message-ID	<mailman.23.1301538403.2990.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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Hi all,

I'm reading Learning Python 4th Edition by Lutz. In the section on
relative package imports, he says: "In Python 3.0, the `import
modname` statement is always absolute, skipping the containing
package’s directory. In 2.6, this statement form still performs
relative imports today (i.e., the package’s directory is searched
first), but these will become absolute in Python 2.7, too.`

But in my own testing I'm not seeing this behavior. Was it not
included in 2.7 for fear of breaking too many programs?

Thanks!
- Mike

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Forcing absolute package imports in 2.7? Michael Parker <michael.g.parker@gmail.com> - 2011-03-30 19:26 -0700
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