Python: Import Anything

In the August 2012 issue of ;login:, I explored some of the inner workings of Python’s import statement. Much of that article explored the mechanism that’s used to set up the module search path found in sys.path as well as the structure of a typical Python installation. At the end of that article, I promised that there is even more going on with import than meets the eye. So, without further delay, that’s the topic of this month’s article.