[Please leave this on the import-sig; severe cross-posting won't get
 you many friends...]

eric wrote:
>  
>  I have to agree with Prabhu on this one.  The current behavior of import,
>  while fine for standard modules and even simple packages with a single
>  level, is sub-optimal for packages that contain sub-packages.  The proposed
>  behavior solves the problem.

I have been doing business in the package and subpackage area
for years now and can't really say that I have serious problems 
with the current situation.

If all you need is relative imports, then writing a small
helper for this should do the trick. The needed information
is readily available now. 

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Marc-Andre Lemburg
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