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Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 11:54:01 +1100
Subject: Re: Import Doesn't Import
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 11:40 AM, ryguy7272 <ryanshuell@gmail.com> wrote:
> I totally don't understand this language.  Import means import.  Right.  WTF!!!!!

Yes, but import from where? If you ask Python - or any other language
- to "import asfadgt4tfihavzcxvzxcvaerg", do you expect it to succeed?
It doesn't exist.

In this case, you simply want "urllib", not "urllib2". You should be
able to "import urllib" with no problems.

ChrisA